Cultural due diligence 1. Introduction Why Cultural Due Diligence (CCD) The implementation of effective cultural due diligence is well recognized in both the academic and business world. Through mergers and acquisitions‚ as well as any other business alliances‚ cultural due diligence has helped companies enter global markets‚ acquire capital‚ technology‚ branding‚ and country specific practices to help do business. It also reduces the risk and maximizes the profits in many ways (Cartwright &
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REFLECTION – HEBREWS – CHAPTER 2 Chapter two of Hebrews begins: “Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard‚ lest we drift away from it.” And what is it that we must not drift away from ? In our study of Philippians we learned: “5 Have this mind among yourselves‚ which is yours in Christ Jesus‚ 6 who‚ though he was in the form of God‚ did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped‚ 7 but emptied himself‚ taking the form of a servant‚ being born in the
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Nearly four thousand years passed since the Hebrew people began the practice of offering a blood sacrifice to atone for sin. Throughout the Old Testament‚ sacrifices were made to God for a covering of sin. God accepted these sacrifices for a season‚ but knew that a perfect sacrifice was the only avenue to the eradication of sin. And‚ in His perfect timing‚ God demonstrated for the world the personage of perfection. God‚ the Creator‚ gifted His creation with His Son. “In this the love of God
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Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible‚ also the third book in the Torah. The main points of the book are concerned with Levitical‚ or priestly worship. In the first section of the book there is a series of laws regarding sacrifices‚ burnt-offerings‚ meat‚ thank‚ sin and trespass-offerings‚ followed by the law of the priestly duties in connection with the offering of sacrifices. The Holiness Code of Leviticus was written mostly as a ritual manual for Israel’s priests. Christians today
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In his essay “On Wisdom‚” Godlovitch discusses the notion of wisdom in a philosophical and cultural context. He begins his essay by defining philosophy as “the love of wisdom” as he was taught early in his studies‚ and by introducing the traditional Socratic definition of wisdom: “a humble admission of ignorance.” Godlovitch‚ unsatisfied with this definition‚ explores it further with his essay‚ going so far as to suggest that wisdom has little to do with philosophy to explain why philosophers seem
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Nine Characteristics of Wisdom from Above (James 3:17‚18) "But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); peace-loving‚ courteous (considerate‚ gentle); it is willing to yield to reason‚ full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straight forward; impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts‚ wavering and insincerity). And the harvest of righteousness (Of conformity to God’s will in thought and deeds) is the fruit of the seed sown in peace by those who work for and make
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Siddhartha: Wisdom and Knowledge Knowledge is information from teachings that can be changed and improved over time while wisdom is a timeless quality from personal experiences that is used to measure the capacity to see truth. Finding the relationship between these two topics is the central objective Hermann Hesse’s protagonist in Siddhartha strives for as he tries to reach Enlightenment. Siddhartha starts as a dissatisfied Brahmin who seeks for a new life style through the Samanas‚ who teach him
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contact with humankind‚ they have different motives in doing so. How do the Sumerian gods communicate the flood to the people in The Epic of Gilgamesh? How does the Hebraic god communicate the flood to the people within The Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible? What does this difference in methodology in dealing with the people in light of the flood reveal about the nature of the gods and what does it suggest about the relationship between the divine and the mortal in each story? Both the Hebraic
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November 29‚ 2011 Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache Keith H. Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache delivers a strong message regarding human connections between place‚ identity‚ and origins in relation to the idea of place-names. Every place evokes an association to a story and/or a person/ancestor bearing a moral message that allows the Western Apache to shape their beliefs‚ behaviors‚ identities‚ etc. It is through
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This Hebrew astrolabe is an ancient astronomical device which was used to interpret time by the positon of the sun and the stars in the sky. Apart from finding the time of the day or night‚ astrolabes were used for mathematical calculations and predicting horoscopes. The very first astrolabes were made in 150B.C in Greece. By 800 B.C the astrolabe was well developed in the Islamic world and was used for various purposes such as timekeeping‚ survey and determining prayer time. Also‚ it was used as
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