9/30/14 MRA: “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism” In the text "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism‚" James Rachels breaks down and discusses the theory of Cultural Relativism by presenting the pros and cons of this theory. He exposes some of the shortcomings of the theory arguing that some of the claims are wrong and contradictory. The theory of Cultural Relativism states that “there is no such thing as universal truth in ethics; there are only the various cultural codes.” In other words‚ the
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OF THE STUDY: (Culturally Diverse Nursing) The perception of nurses on working with other nurses of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds and its impact on their working relationship and patient care. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Globalization has led to the creation of a new social world‚ one which is characterized by its cultural diversity. Cultural diversity in the nursing workforce is now becoming the common face of different healthcare organizations across the globe. The nursing
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Many people tend to dab the “Mauritian culture‚” as a homogenous one. Some deny the cultural diversity in the island evolving harmoniously. In this regard‚ unity and diversity are interchangeable words. Constituting of ethnic groups and world religions like Christianity‚ Buddhism‚ Islam‚ co-existing with Hinduism and myriad spoken languages‚ the island’s people avow and practice different faiths which are reflected in our customs‚ rituals‚ norms‚ and festivals. Despite the contrasting way of life
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution or the Cultural Revolution (1966 -1976) was one of the most dramatic and bleakest periods in the history of the People’s Republic of China. The roots of the Cultural Revolution date back to the late 1950s to the early 1960s when the Great Leap Forward ended in catastrophe. The leader‚ Mao Zedong lost a lot of his influence among his revolutionary comrades‚ supporters and eventually‚ he was removed from actual powers by the members of the party. During his
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diverse culture‚ and everyone is raise differently base on their culture. This paper will talk about the cultural influences on emotional expression and perception. Examples‚ description‚ and explanation will also be given to further explain the topic. Although many emotions and expressions of emotions are universal‚ some differences exist among many cultures. The comparison of both cultural similarity and difference has been very important in the area of emotional expression and perception (Matsumoto
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made up idea called cultural relativism. Cultural relativism means each individual understands everyone’s beliefs and activities. But there are many issues that challenges this idea. Furthermore‚ because there are many different cultures in the world there are many different moral codes. For an example the Greeks and the Callatians practice totally different ideas of funerals. The Callatians use to eat the bodies of their fathers. Doing this in today standards for our cultural would be unethical and
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the need for understanding cross cultural relations becomes more and more essential. The case study was conducted by M-J.Browaeys‚ R.L. Price‚ and C.R.Seifert about cross cultural relations between French‚ German and British managers in an international company – Galderma in the context of European intergration. This will provide us an overview and result of investigation of specific issues related to how three cultures mentioned dealt with each other’s cultural differences when working together
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interactions; but to date no empirical links have been made between behavioral outcomes and cultural differences between the participants‚ which became the actual purpose of the study. The first hypothesis is that Intercultural condition will produce less positive behavioral outcomes and cooperation than the Control condition and the second hypotheses states that these behavioral differences are connected to cultural differences. Organizers of the study offered modified version of Prisoner’s Dilemma
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Cross-Cultural Communication “Communication in health care is a complex issue. Language and cultural barriers complicate the situation. Language is the framework in which the world view of a culture is molded‚ and it describes the boundaries and perspectives of a cultural system. A language barrier disarms a communicant ’s ability to assess meanings‚ intent‚ emotions‚ and reactions and creates a state of dependency on the individual who holds the keys to the entire process” (Putsch‚ 1985‚ para
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Chapter 13 The Impact of Globalization on Cross-Cultural Communication Lowell C. Matthews and Bharat Thakkar Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45816 1. Introduction In a global environment the ability to communicate effectively can be a challenge. Even when both parties speak the same language there can still be misunderstandings due to ethic and cultural differences. Over the last decade‚ there have been countless examples from
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