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    10 Key Values of the American Culture Values are culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable‚ good‚ and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living. There are 10 key values of the American culture: Equal Opportunity‚ Individual achievement and personal success‚ Material comfort‚ Activity and work‚ Practicality and efficiency‚ Progress‚ Science‚ Democracy and free enterprise‚ Freedom‚ and Racism and group superiority. (Macionis) I would have to say

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    American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like

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    like the butterfly effect. One racist thing a person says or does affects not only one person but also ten people. In the movie Crash‚ the characters were all very racist to each other. There were two African American men who did not like white people. They did to the white people exactly what the white couple was stereotyping them as. They proved their stereotype to be true just because they saw the white woman hold on to her husband. The white woman should not have been scared because they most likely

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    Indian culture because it is very interesting. Indians were civilized during the Harrapan culture which is a great thing. Indians are a group of very talented people who have great civilization‚ poetry‚ art work‚ and music. I enjoy the Indian music and like how it is so unique. For example‚ the raga genre seems so interesting because the artist can make the music any style they want and they can keep changing pitches as well. Raga seems significant like it is trying to tell a story in which the musician

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    1. What culture or religion do you identify with? Culture can make who a person is by their beliefs‚ traditions‚ religion‚ the music they listen to‚ the food they eat‚ or the language they speak. Culture is what makes who you are as a person today. My culture i identify a part of is latin. I was born in Canada but my parents are from argentina so i grew up with the spanish culture. I’m proud of my culture and express it as much as i can everywhere i go. The food is my favourite part of being part

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    United States‚ we have many different values present. Some of these include freedom‚ independence‚ justice and equality. We are a melting pot of cultures and in such‚ we see a wide variety of value systems at play. For our first Individual Work Worksheet‚ you will explore three values that you think are central to American culture. From there‚ let’s define ethnocentrism. Is it ethnocentric to be nationalistic? Finally‚ define cultural relativism. Are values culturally relative? Why/Why not?

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    An Adventure in American Culture & Values Studying in the United States of America can be a wonderful learning experience. Both in and out of the classroom you will learn and practice the English language. You will also learn much about American life and its sometimes confusing culture. As you prepare to come to the U.S.‚ it may help to know something about the values that shape U.S. Americans’ attitudes and behaviors. As you consider these values it is important to remember that: 1.

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    KEY VALUES Narrative Essay Three important values that I hold‚ are hard work‚ family‚ and friendship. These are values that I think will make life better and easier for a person. They make me feel secure and prepared for the future. Without these values I probably wouldn’t care about anything at all. The Values that you develop as you go threw life determine what kind of

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    Introduction What is organizational Culture? Culture is made up of the values‚ beliefs‚ underlying assumptions‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors shared by a group of people. How important organizational Culture is? We spend 40 or more hours at work each week. Many of us spend more time with those we work with than we do our families. For us to be content and fulfilled people‚ that time must be valuable for more than a dollar. . . We want to be engaged in our work. We yearn for work that is enjoyable

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    Taking into account the different meanings for the word values and placing that word in different circumstances like in European culture‚ Hispanic culture‚ teens of today‚ education. Values is completely different for every individual. Values can be something we can physically touch or something we embody. Traditions have an effect on the word values as well. In the past a traditional European family consisted of husband and wife with many children. However‚ as they’ve progressed there is now a

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