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    country, there are often many business practices that are different and difficult to understand. Cross-cultural communication refers to communication conducted by people from different ethnic, social or gendered backgrounds, that is, communication between people who do not share the common linguistic or cultural values. Through identifying some most important influential factors in cross-cultural communication, the paper points out some steps and sugestions which can be use to make a successful meeting

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    Cultural Ethical Relativism is a theory that is used to explain differences among cultures, and thus their moral codes. According to cultural relativists, different cultures have different moral codes, and there is no objective truth in ethics. They believe there is no independent standard that can be used to judge one’s custom as better than another’s. In his article entitled “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism,” James Rachels offers his argument against the theory of Cultural Relativism by proving

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    of Anglo-Americans, non-White citizens of a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds are embracing their cultural differences like never before. This is evident in areas such as fashion and beauty industries, educational institutions, as well as the world of film and entertainment, in which we see those with heritage that spans beyond the European diaspora finding creative ways to incorporate their cultural traditions into the mainstream. As a result, there is an invisible hand pushing Americans to seek

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    Cultural relativism refers to the concept of assessing an individual’s values, belief system and cultural practices not in isolation but against the backdrop of other cultural practices and beliefs. To understand the dynamics of cultural relativism, it is important to understand the theory of relativism. In terms of culture, relativism focuses on breaking free from the idea that moral standards of an individual or a society can be compartmentalized, because we are all ultimately governed by ethical

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    The article, “Cultural Relativist and Feminist Critiques of International Human Rights – Friends or Foes?” by Oonagh Reitman seeks to address how cultural relativist and feminist sees the existence of the international human rights, specifically women’s human rights. The research problem being addressed is the similarities between these two critiques of international human rights and how these two critiques have come to defy one another when it comes to the term of women’s international human rights

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    The Cultural Revolution, launched by Chairman Mao Zedong in the mid-1960s, dramatically transformed Chinese society. Paul Byrne (2012 p.80) suggests that as the Cultural Revolution continued to transform China, a cult of personality was built around Mao; anyone who questioned his wisdom was an enemy of the people. The Cultural Revolution was a period of time where anything capitalist or western was brutally destroyed. The Cultural Revolution aimed to destroy ‘The Four Olds’ these being, old ideas

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    they think that their culture is better than the other ones. Cultural relativism explains to us why it does not exist a major culture we should follow or think it is the best one. The theory of cultural relativism explains that there is not a universal right or wrong because morality differs culture by culture. Politics, religions, traditions, laws, foods, and cloths-are just some things in which every culture has in differences. Cultural relativism says, that not matters how much someone agrees or

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    With many organizations expanding and becoming more global organizations, whose businesses deal with other countries, cultural diversity becomes more challenging. That is why it is important for organizations to create a cultural diversity training program to encourage employee from different backgrounds to come together and learn each other 's belief system which can enhance the organization 's ability to problem-solve. To do this successfully an organization needs to create an organizational

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    The Importance of Cultural Diversity Cultural diversity is defined as “The existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society” (Oxford, 2017). Within the workplace there have been a trend towards promoting diversity by maintaining a workforce with workers differ in area such as race, sexual orientation, age, and gender. This is often times a daunting and difficult task for management. Effective communication can be challenging for diverse groups. Language barriers for example may

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    Australia has a strong cultural diversity, I will start of by explaining Australia’s culture, Australia is one of the most ethnically diverse societies of the world today, Australia has the lowest population density per square kilometre than any other country, The Aboriginal and Torres Strait people were the first to inhibit the land of Australia, In Australia wearing your national dress for religious or customary purposes is widely accepted, Australian dress code can change regarding different

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