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    Religious Relativity

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    Bailey Jamile October 11‚ 2010 Rel 150; T/R 1045-12:00 Relativism Relativism is the theory that truths‚ values‚ and norms are different for different people‚ depending on their cultural‚ economic‚ political and religious backgrounds. The theory of religious relativism requires students to tolerate other people’s religious beliefs and practices‚ at the same time recognizing their own beliefs and practices as just one system in a world of diverse‚ yet equally legitimate‚ religious systems

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    First Peoples Sparknotes

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    The narrative concerning the exploration of the North American continent was a little bit of Eu-ropean ethnocentrism‚ as well as a reflection of historical reality. According to the book‚ “First Peoples”‚ just about everyone from monks to visitors from outer space “discovered” America much earlier than Columbus. For example: archaeological evidence points to the Vikings being in Greenland‚ Newfoundland and Labrador back in 1000 AD. However‚ due to relations with the Native population that were mired

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    perspectives are Functionalism‚ Conflict and interactionism. Ethnocentrism is when a person has the mindset of finding their own culture or subculture superior to their own and take for granted the culture in which they were born. Culture relativism basically means that culture customs that are socially acceptable in one culture may not be socially acceptable to another culture. This paper will explain how all humans have some type of ethnocentrism

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    Diversity Climate

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    These perceptions foster stereotypes that usually cause confusion and misunderstanding among staff. Ethnocentrism plays a major role in feeding the atmosphere and promotion of the spread of misunderstanding and confusion. “Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own native country‚ culture‚ language‚ and modes of behavior are superior to others” (Kinicki 2009). The problems caused by ethnocentrism is demonstrated in management as well as staff; and usually results in a climate of cultural intolerance

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    diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is being of a different race or culture. I believe it is valued because we all want to be different. We can learn so much from someone else. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is when we believe that your own ethnic or cultural group is all that matters. This can be detrimental to society because if only think that what we say or believe is all that’s out there than eventually one

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    anticipate the influences of the foreign and domestic uncontrollable factors and to adjust accordingly. Management relied on their own cultural values‚ experiences and past successes‚ and knowledge (Self-Reference Criterion)‚ which accompanied by ethnocentrism‚ caused several kinds of losses. Analysis Where did Disney’s management fail? Disney failed by ignoring the climate given the parks geography‚ the culture‚ the competition‚ and the economic climate. By making erroneous assumptions regarding

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    with different cultural backgrounds attending school or working. I think diversity is valued because it helps people come together no matter what a persons culture‚ race‚ religion or gender is. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is when people judge or assume other’s culture‚ religion or other area’s of another person’s background and compare it to their own ways. This could be harmful because making assumptions can be false and

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    It is our human nature to judge others based on our values and beliefs. Is it a bad thing? Not always‚ it’s okay to judge others to an extent‚ if people start to believe that they are superior to another person‚ then that is taking it to far. Ethnocentrism‚ racism‚ and being a cultural relativist are all key components to a culture‚ and these three concepts allow a set of lens to be put on‚ that let people see a whole new perspective of culture. In light

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    POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT DEPT. OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (RMA411S) ASSESMENT 1 Student name: Rachel N. Nuukunde Student number: 201030020 Lecturer: Dr. Geoffrey Nambira Due date: 10 March 2012 at 10h00pm Table of contents Pages 1.1 Topic of the study 3

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    The Multicultural Society

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    multicultural societies is mutual misunderstanding‚ which is often caused by mutual ethnocentrism. This could also be entitled culture clash‚ which is a condition in which people from dissimilar cultures have fairly incorrect expectations of one another‚ and therefore they misconstrue the significance of the message that is being exchanged. The short story A Horse and Two Goats by R.K. Narayan is a good example of how mutual ethnocentrism causes mutual misunderstanding. In the short story we meet an old Indian

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