According to the text‚ Business across cultures by Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams‚ cultures can be observed as being three-layered. The first layer consists of explicit features that can be easily identified: Clothes‚ food‚ language and similar tangible attributes. The second layer is more difficult to observe but is still relatively easy to get familiar with: it consists of values and norms within a culture. In a way‚ values define norms because once a core value is established‚ behaving according
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| Business Ethics Across Cultures Article Review | | Instructor | | 8/1/2010 | While researching business ethics across cultures‚ we discovered some of the same behaviors surrounding ethics in the United States is the same across the ocean. Outlined in this document will be the positive and negative side of business ethics. Explained will be the ethical perspective of corporate social responsibility and ethical conflicts. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) will show how a community
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broad terms‚ ‘culture’ refers to the prevailing norms and values which guide the way people behave in a society or in an organisation. Culture at the level of an organisation is referred to as organisational culture‚ and culture at the level of a society is referred to as national culture. Organisational culture refers to an organisation’s own values‚ beliefs and learned ways of doing business. This is reflected in its structure and in the people who work in the organisation. The culture of an organisation
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Business Culture in the UK and China Greeting and conversation UK It is common to shaking hands. It is considered the polite way to greet someone and one should use last name and appropriate titles when addressing the host. Before discussing business matters‚ people usually make ‘small talk’. This is often on a topic such as the weather‚ transport or sport. Humour is often used. China In China‚ meetings start with the shaking of hands and a slight nod of the head. The Chinese are not keen on physical
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When looking from one country to another around the world you need to understand that as you change the culture you are surrounded by‚ the business and personal ethics also tend to change as well. Take Australia and Spain for example. Even though these two places have some businesses that travel around the world‚ they still have their own set of guidelines that help to decide what their business ethics will turn out to be. In Spain‚ businesses are all about personal contacts. A businessman in Spain
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repressive governments. The Dominican Republic was Business Climate The Dominican Republic is a very large tourist destination. It is one of the most visited destinations in the Caribbean. They offer year-round golf courses‚ gorgeous mountain views from Pico Duarte‚ great. They are known for their music‚ the Merengue and the Bachata and their love for Baseball. Business Culture The Dominican Republic is known for having a fairly formal business culture. Appointments are typically required and punctuality
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Differences in Business between Pakistan and USA In a diverse and complex country like Pakistan‚ it’s difficult to impart generic conclusions that could be used by those wanting to do business here. Regionalism‚ religion‚ language and caste are all factors that need to be taken into account when doing business in India. Behavior‚ etiquette and approach are all modified depending on whom you are addressing and the context in which they are being addressed. Unlike western societies‚ in Pakistan
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116.2 Million people Largest Spanish speaking country Capital is Mexico City 19.9 million people real population is 27-30 million Second largest city is Guadalajara 4.4 million people Literacy rate 86.1% 1st world level Unemployment rate is currently 4.1% children who sell stuff or wash windows count as employed compared to 7.8% in America (ours is higher too) underemployment rate is 36% GDP per capita $15‚300 Higher than nations in European Union Natural resources – petroleum (oil
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Mexico Paper In Mexico there is very little work. The work that is there has very little pay. Death in the Desert showed a young man and his brother and cousin going to the U.S. to find work to help pay for their family. Men in Mexico will come to the U.S. illegally during the months of March September. Then they would raise money to take back to help the families. But their journey to the U.S is very dangerous. First they have to cross the desert in extreme heat and have very little water to get
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Blake Hardnett Mrs. Douglass 18 January 2010 Genocide in Mexico This paper explores incidents of genocide that occurred in Mexico from 1945 to 2001. Research focuses on four main episodes of genocide: the October 2‚ 1968 massacre in Tlatelolco; the Corpus Christi massacre on June 10‚ 1971; and Mexico’s Dirty War that occurred from the early 1970’s through the 1980’s; and the genocide of women that has been occurring since the Dirty War. Research indicates that the first three episodes of
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