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    This assignment will be based on a patient from a different culture to my own and how the culture difference had a significant impact on the ability to communicate or engage with the patient. During this assignment the patient will be referred as Mr Y as confidentiality of the patient must be maintained in accordance to the Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines (NMC‚ 2010). In the time of my placement in Outpatient Department in one London Hospital‚ Mr Y a 63 year old patient‚ originally from

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    Cultural Differences in Brazil Tudo Bem! When in Brazil‚ this phrase simply means “how’s it going.” Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts (http://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.htm). Like many other countries‚ Brazil has different cultures unique to their surroundings. When visiting Brazil‚ there are three distinct cultures to be aware of; language‚ religion

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    Majority of people have rejected the theory of ethical relativism due to many reasons. A few claims that while the moral practices of societies may differ‚ the elemental of moral principles underlying these practices do not differ. For instance‚ in some societies they practice that if the parents reached a certain age‚ they were killed to reach afterlife and would live a better life if they reached it when they were physically active and vigorous. In our society‚ we would never practice that in our

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    B391F International Business Management I Week 4 National Differences in Cultural and Competitive Environments McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by the McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Outcomes  Explain what is meant by the culture of a society.  Identify the sources that lead to differences in social culture.  Identify the business and economic implications of differences in culture.  Describe how differences in social culture influence values in the work place. 

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    Cultural Differences Paper COM/360 Nicole Kragt Cultural Differences Paper “People must live and interact together for the culture to survive. In doing so‚ they must develop a way of relating that strikes a balance between showing concern for themselves and concern for others” (Koester & Lustig‚ Chapter 5‚ 2010). There are over 7 billion people in this world with thousands even millions born even day‚ but we as individual units think we live our lives as independents. We are not without influences

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    Social and Cultural World Assessment. I have decided to focus on the culture of Afghanistan as I believe it to have vast differences to our western culture. Afghanistan is located in Southern Asia‚ north and west of Pakistan and east of Iran. The population is roughly 29 million‚ the religion is Muslim and is separated into two sectors being Sunni Muslim 80% and Shi Muslim 19%. Pastu and Dari are the official languages spoken in Afghanistan. Muslim faith is not just a belief but also a strict

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    Moral Relativism and absolutism are opposite beliefs and feelings towards the truth. Moral relativism‚ a scholar put it‚ “is connected with a normative position about how we ought to think about or act towards those with whom we morally disagree‚ most commonly that we should tolerate them” (Gowans). It is not forcing one truth above others‚ but tolerating all truths as correct for that individual‚ it is changing beliefs in order to keep a convenience‚ and1 it is the belief to try to appease disagreement

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    Ethical Relativism/Subjectivism 11/09/2006 08:05 AM Ethical Relativism/Subjectivism Subjective‚ inter-subjective‚ and objective claims: A claim or judgment is subjective if its truth depends on whether or not it conforms to the tastes‚ attitudes‚ and beliefs of the claimer (the person making the claim). o Example: “Anchovies taste yummy.” (a matter of taste) A claim or judgment is inter-subjective if its truth depends on whether or not it conforms to the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and conventions

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    BRIDGE CULTURAL AND ETHNICAL DIFFERENCES. The world constitutes people with different cultural and ethnic background. Culture refers to the beliefs‚ ideas‚ artifacts that make up a shared way of life while ethnicity refers to a shared cultural heritage (Macionis‚ 2007 page 60). Now when people differ in cultural and ethnic background there tend to be a gap or conflict between them. For This reason‚ there must be some ways of bridging this gap. Thus the essay outlines these differences and the

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    Subject: Impacts of Cultural Differences on International Business Negotiation Name: Chen Xiujuan Student No.: 0 8 5 1 0 3 4 0 Specialty and Class: Business English‚ Class 3 Department: Department of Humanities and Arts Supervisor: Liu Mifan Date: 2011-3-02 Contents Introduction 1 1. Types of Cultural Differences 2 1.1Value View

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