capability in this area is limited. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Running head: Can Ethics and Cultural Background Can Ethics and Cultural Background come into Conflict in the Workplace? University of Phoenix Kelvin Joiner Can Ethics and Cultural Background come into Conflict in the workplace? Cultural diversity in the workplace is a challenge‚
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that one culture might regard as a virtue that another culture might not. Explain why this could lead to relativism. Be sure to support your answer with quote from the text and/or academic resources. Responds to the question below in approx 100 words. It is important for this question that you first define the key terms here Virtue and Relativism. Define Virtue and Relativism: Relativism is the idea that one’s beliefs and values are understood in terms of one’s society‚ culture‚ or even one’s
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improvement in their business is needed. The case which the presentation is based on is about cross-cultural management and organisational strategy and improvement. A delegate of an Australian consulting firm is given the task of heading up a pilot study in the organisations Taiwanese and Indian offices with the aim of identifying the reasons for their slow market growth and offering recommendations as to how to improve their performance. The presentation on the case focuses on questions one and two
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Annotated Bibliography Bartlett‚ Dean. "Management and Business Ethics: a Critique and Integration of Ethical Decision-Making Models." British Journal of Management 14.3 (2003): 223-235. This article researches and identifies the gap between the theory and practice of business ethics. The author identifies the lack of practice of ethical decision making within the organization and provides what he believes to be one solution to bring ethics back into the business process. Brown‚ Neil M.‚ and
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Structural Functionalism is “a major sociological perspective that views society as an interdependent system of parts (structures) and purposes (functions) that work together to make a society operate.” Society had center structures and functions like in relations to politics served as structure and it functions was to create social order and control. Other structures like families where a means to know for reproduction while Economic structure meant the distribution of goods and all these parts
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Define ethnocentrism‚ and explain what Hofstede concluded about applying American management theories in other countries. According to Kinicki & Kreitner (2009)‚ “Ethnocentrism [is] the belief that one’s native country‚ culture‚ language‚ and modes of behavior are superior to all others.” Based on his research‚ Hofstede came to two conclusions in regards to variations among cultures. First‚ he concluded that management theories and practices must be adapted to the local culture. Second
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Moral Relativism Moral relativism is an essential aspect of life. Although in excess it can be a social and moral poison. Moral relativism is the position one must hold on what is wrong and what is right in life. On the other aspect‚ the thought is fundamentalism. It is more a less a very dictated way in which every person knows their right and wrong’s. In every way fundamentalism is a very much a one way street with no exists. Therefore‚ it is very straightforward and there is no room for moral
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Ethical Relativism is the belief that nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the meaning of what is right and wrong depends on the individual and culture. Pojman breaks down Ethical Relativism into 2 main concepts: The Diversity Theory and the Dependency Theory. The Diversity Theory addresses the concept of what is morally right and wrong varies from society to society; therefore‚ there is no universal moral principles that all societies accept. For example‚ Homosexuality in the Middle East
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ETHNOCENTRISM IN THE CHURCH TODAY Introduction Ethnocentrism is the act of seeing one’s ethnic tribe better compared to those of the others. This stereotype has with time crept into the religious foundation irrepressibly. Currently‚ the church is experiencing a wave of ethnocentrism which if not curbed will see a religious waiver. Overall researches locally and internationally prove that ethnocentrism is an ant to the timber-pillar supporting the church; with time it will eat into it and cause
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Webster’s dictionary defines ethnocentrism as "The tendency to evaluate other groups according to the values and standards of one’s own ethnic group‚ especially with the conviction that one’s own ethnic group is superior to the other groups." When first reading this definition‚ one would naturally agree that ethnocentrism does exist in our world and society‚ often confusing it with patriotism. However‚ many do not realize that ethnocentrism is‚ has been‚ and continues to be a leading cause for violence
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