“Unspoken Hostility” by Marites Carino is a subtle poem. It is about a lonely person of colour who is on the bus. “Another lonely bus ride home.” He lives in a place where there is not many people of colour “and stare out at winter” (signifying to the whiteness of people around). Little things such as “then at the floor/and see our black jube jubes/ Squished‚ / by and irritated stamp” hints to the racism in the society. Jube jubes are gummy candies and black (liquorice) is the least popular flavour
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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE UK AND INDIA IS INDIA SUITABLE TO OUTSOURCE TO? PROS ‘India has become the offshore outsourcing capital of the world.’ Reasons behind this include: Employee’s attitudes towards their career are more weighted towards work life than family life hence their productivity should be greater if they are putting more effort in. Indians work for longer hours in comparison to Americans‚ for an average of 10-12 hours a day‚ which does seem impressive however they take
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Why is an understanding of cultural differences important to the business managers at BreadTalk? To assist the managers at BreadTalk to decide if they should expand to Australia‚ briefly describe the Australian culture. A wide range of definitions have been used for the term “culture.” Culture has been defined as the human-made part of the environment (Herkovits‚ 1955)‚ including both objective and subjective elements (Triandis‚ 1972); as a set of reinforcements (Skinner‚ 1981); as the collective
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Cross-cultural differences impact all interactions. Today we are going to look at how they impact the organization within a business. Many readers may not quite be here yet. But I thought this would be interesting to look at. Are There Differences? What makes an international business different? Does an international business function differently from one that is not international? Are there international growing pains? Apart from the legalities of operating an international company‚ it
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Ruth Villagra The Cultural Differences Argument for Moral Relativism. Moral Relativism is generally used to describe the differences among various cultures that influence their morality and ethics. According to James Rachels‚ because of moral relativism there typically is no right and wrong and briefly states : “Different cultures have different moral codes.” (Rachels‚ 18) Various cultures perceive right and wrong differently. What is considered right in one society could be considered wrong
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Differences between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism The world today consists of an incalculable number of societies. Each society varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in
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the end points change constantly. We live in a world that feeds from communication. We can’t get from point A to point B without communicating but when cultural differences come into play it can be a bit difficult. I will be discussing three theories that I relate to everyday at work and at home. Understanding culture‚ communicating and cultural variation‚ the function of language and using language to share information and lastly why we listen and being empathetic listeners is important. Culture
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| THE 101: Cross Cultural Issues in Tourism & Hospitality | Assessment No.2 | | Ariana Janjua | 201111790 | Culture‚ as defined by Geert Hofstede‚ is the "the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (Hofstede‚ 2011) It is due to the research carried out by scholars such as Hofstede and Fons Trompenaars that we are able to understand cultural values‚ and the difference in cultures more thoroughly
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Hunlede Soc 213-1901 Writing Assignment Cross Cultural Differences in Raising Children The world is filled with an overwhelming number of cultural differences. Some of the many examples of these differences are; perception‚ behavior‚ gestures‚ and language. All of which can greatly affect professional and personal relationships. As the world rapidly becomes more diverse‚ the number cross cultural parents increases. Raising children in a cross cultural home is a job in itself. In some instances‚ parents
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my time and stress management skills as well as effective communication‚ and make up for my lack of direct experience in Marketing and English. There are some differences in workplace culture between Canada and Vietnam I have noticed when I have studied and worked at Vancouver Island University as a Marketing intern. The first difference is how people communicate. Vietnamese people would prefer to speak indirectly while Canadians would like to get straight to the point. Secondly‚ appearances
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