Cross Cultural Perspectives Paper Ethics and Social Responsibility Ethics Cross Cultural Perspectives Paper The Microsoft Corporation is a fortune 500 company that ranked # 35 on the fortune 500 list in 2013 (Fortune 500‚ 2013) and is one of the largest business corporations in the world. It was founded in 1975 by two guys named Paul Allen and Bill Gates‚ the business developed very rapidly as the years went by and reached a marker of 89‚000 employees‚ with a revenue of $62 billion dollars and
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Throughout this module‚ we have been working in groups and reflecting on each activity we did based on weekly topics. Groups are important in our lives. Our lives are made up of several groups such as family‚ friends‚ workplaces‚ neighbourhoods‚ clubs and classes of students (Bolstad‚ 2004). Firstly this essay will outline my highlights and challenges whilst working with my class peers in the activity instructed by our tutor. This essay will also discuss how my challenges will assist me in relation to my
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Perception and inter-cultural communication ¡°The moon is a rocky physical sphere that orbits the Earth; yet when looking at this object‚ many Americans often see a man in the moon‚ many Native Americans perceive a rabbit‚ Chinese claim a lady is fleeing her husband‚ and Samoans report a woman weaving¡±(Samovar 56). For Americans‚ a ¡°V¡± sign made with two fingers usually represents victory. Australians equate this gesture with a rude American gesture usually made with the middle finger. Most
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A Scandinavian Case 1. Why did Conquip send an RFQ with a 10 percent price-reduction requirement rather than calling de Winter in for a negotiation? Is there any downside to having run the negotiation this way? Conquip sent the RFQ possibly attempting to anchor the negotiation and to prove its strong position towards the negotiation. This strategy is risky and could be harmful if the other party doesn’t have this value between its reservation and target price‚ thus‚ if this value is out of
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Cultural Relativism is a perspective that moral codes vary from culture to culture‚ no moral code within in a culture is superior to the other codes in different cultures; This ideology comes from that there is no universal truth‚ meaning there is no philosophical standard that determines if something is either right or wrong‚ therefore one cannot establish that something is “better.” In “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism‚” James Rachels introduces the topic by introducing Darius whom is a king
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Cross-cultural comparison of the structure of WISC-III Valentin Bucik Department of Psychology‚ Faculty of Arts‚ University of Ljubljana‚ Ljubljana‚ Slovenia Abstract WISC is one of the best-known and most frequently used intelligence tests for children. The WISC-III version was issued in USA more than a dozen years ago and since then many different language versions of the test were issued in different cultures. When translating the intelligence test from one language and/or cultural milieu
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Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Paper Linda Ginder Grand Canyon University - NUR 502 July 10‚ 2013 Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Paper No culture is growing at a faster pace than the Hispanic population‚ surpassing African Americans as the largest minority population in the United States. The Hispanic population increased from 35.3 million to 50.5 million in 2010. The intention of this paper is to increase the awareness and understanding of cultural competency
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Cultural communication plays an important role in the interactions between law enforcement and the community. The concept that law enforcement need to handle their communications with people of color better. In the video‚ Racial Profiling‚ a young man discussed his experiences with law enforcement and how he was profiled based on his race. He stated they just assumed he was terrorist and was a part of terrorist organization‚ however‚ they never asked him what culture he was. As law enforcement‚ communication
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The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas MBA/501 Dr. Ellen Szarleta-Instructor August 27‚ 2006 The Cultural Challenges of Doing Business Overseas Introduction For an American company to be successful overseas with business ventures they have to take risks in making business decisions which can be challenging. Steve Kafka‚ an American of Czech origin and a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza‚ has decided to expand his business into the Czech Republic. He knows it is a risky decision;
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Identify the reasons and benefits for working in partnership: There are lots of reasons why it is beneficial for practitioners to be working in partnership with parents‚ guardians and careers and other companies and one of these reasons is that it helps with meeting the care needs of the children. By working in partnership it also means that better outcomes for the children will be delivered because by passing on information about the child’s day to their parent/careers will let them know what they
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