diversified culture makes us unique from other country. The multi-ethnic social construct of different races from Malay or Bumiputras‚ Chinese and Indian are the 3 main prominent races that dominate the society. There are also other ethnic groups called the Orang Asli‚ which means aboriginals of the land. In Sarawak and Sabah‚ the largest aboriginal tribes are the Ibans and Kadarzan. With multi ethnic group living together in society‚ we learn and understand others’ culture‚ values‚ belief or rituals
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Values and Ethics: Above All Else Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss my personal values‚ compare and contrast those values against the NASW Code of Ethics‚ discuss the selection of a specific values clarification vignette‚ including reason for choosing‚ personal feelings‚ attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and assumptions‚ level of comfort regarding the client(s) involved‚ and actions to be taken to resolve conflicting personal values‚ and discuss the selection of a particular ethical
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Chinese culture and Western culture‚ an interesting comparison. East is east and West is west; never the twain shall meet. This one line pretty much sums up this never ending debate on the differences between the Chinese culture and the Western culture. Many westerners‚ when they visit China for the first time are in fact shocked to see the customs and traditions in China. But the same holds true for the people of China who go to western countries for the first time. What is to be remembered is the
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the difference between western and eastern culture The major difference between Chinese and Western culture is that China is an oriental country‚ and its traditional culture is completely different from western heritage. Chinese culture is older than 5000 years‚ and Chinese people have developed their own music‚ musical instruments‚ painting techniques‚ traditional Chinese medicine‚ and not to forget‚ cooking methods etc – completely different and unique when compared to Western culture. Chinese
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Culture and Transmission of Culture Socialization Social interaction does not come naturally. The article Culture begins by stating “A primary reason for the complexity of social interaction is that our species has no instinctive patterns of behavior.” With that being said‚ we realize that we are not programmed to know how to act‚ what to value‚ morals‚ ethics‚ and so on. Clearly‚ our behavior is shaped by the culture we reside in. However‚ we are born into our culture‚ which means we must
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PCD 4: Social Sector Specific Studies Online exam paper: (Tutor: Laiqa Sheikh) Date: 01.12.2015 A39DSS: Autumn 2015 Student: Cristina Marcu (C32620) 3) What are the Key ‘Values and Ethics’ in social work? Ethics is a science at the crossing border between the moral philosophy and the particular ethics of different professions. The practice of ethics should help in the prevention of malpractice since it states the rights and duties of one professional group. For a professional it’s
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Grant Dukes 8 Aug 2013 Culture Essay The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree The family you grow up in defines your sense of character and background. These are some of the ingredients that give you a taste of culture. Culture provides a basis for one’s sense of normalcy‚ because anything outside of one’s culture is possibly considered a different way of life. How you were raised and where you were brought up defines a person’s culture. Culture can be defined for me by Am. Am is my Scottish
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would be profitable to try to define culture; for a cultural studies researcher not only it includes traditional high culture (the culture of ruling social groups) and popular culture but according to Raymond Williams also everyday meanings and practices.As stated in Matthew Arnold´s "Culture and Anarchy" culture is “the disinterested endeavor after man’s perfection”.It was James Clifford in “Collecting art and culture” that defended that what we gather for culture is not always the same because objects
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it is intended to give a special temporal status to a group of phenomena that are both successive and identical (or at least similar); it makes it possible to rethink the dispersion of history in the form of the same; it allows a reduction of the difference proper to every beginning‚ in order to pursue without discontinuity the endless search for origin.” -Michel Foucault (The Archeology of Knowledge) Advances in contemporary neuroscience and cognitive psychology have allowed scientists and nonscientists
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INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT & ETHICS ACTIV-1 ACTIVITY 1 – TOPIC 1: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS DIALOGUE 1 1) Which cultural differences cause the misunderstanding or confusion? Which cultural dimensions can help us understand the situation? On my understanding of the situation – bearing in mind that when in a multicultural dialogue‚ many meanings can be found or understood by just context without the use of words – I believe that the confusion has its origin by the cultural difference amongh both characters
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