Cross Cultural Perspectives
Cross Cultural Perspectives
ETH 316
October 13, 2014
Cross Cultural Perspectives
Multi-national companies from the U.S. hold a great advantage by working in and with other countries and cultures to make their products accessible to a much broader community.
When multi-nationals gains access into or with other companies/countries, it may be an assumption that because everyone inside the business is working for the same purpose, they are going to automatically communicate, think and look at the world and its problems in precisely the same manner. When different cultures start working together, issues or problems may appear, and people within these companies may seem not proficient or skillful enough to cope with these issues and problems efficiently. This could just be because they have never handled the cross cultural issues/problems before. Comparing the ethical perspectives and cultural differences of the United States to those of other countries was very interesting. Ethics can be defined as the difference between right and wrong as it pertains to our well-being, safety, morals, and standards. One major ethical and cultural difference between the U.S. and other countries in S.E. Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or South America may be the child labor laws. The United States have laws and regulations prohibiting children under specific ages from working. India, Laos, Somalia, Sudan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bolivia, Colombia, and many others, however, sees children working as positive because it keeps them off the street and helps the family income.
Do we change others or should we change ourselves
Life would surely be a lot less difficult if other people would just look at things this way or that way. That's more often than not, what we believe when things are not going well or going our way. Especially, when communication begins breaking down with people from different cultural backgrounds. We wait for the other individual to
ETH 316
October 13, 2014
Cross Cultural Perspectives
Multi-national companies from the U.S. hold a great advantage by working in and with other countries and cultures to make their products accessible to a much broader community.
When multi-nationals gains access into or with other companies/countries, it may be an assumption that because everyone inside the business is working for the same purpose, they are going to automatically communicate, think and look at the world and its problems in precisely the same manner. When different cultures start working together, issues or problems may appear, and people within these companies may seem not proficient or skillful enough to cope with these issues and problems efficiently. This could just be because they have never handled the cross cultural issues/problems before. Comparing the ethical perspectives and cultural differences of the United States to those of other countries was very interesting. Ethics can be defined as the difference between right and wrong as it pertains to our well-being, safety, morals, and standards. One major ethical and cultural difference between the U.S. and other countries in S.E. Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or South America may be the child labor laws. The United States have laws and regulations prohibiting children under specific ages from working. India, Laos, Somalia, Sudan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bolivia, Colombia, and many others, however, sees children working as positive because it keeps them off the street and helps the family income.
Do we change others or should we change ourselves
Life would surely be a lot less difficult if other people would just look at things this way or that way. That's more often than not, what we believe when things are not going well or going our way. Especially, when communication begins breaking down with people from different cultural backgrounds. We wait for the other individual to