CHAPTER 3: COMMUNICATING in a world of diversity TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE 1. Market globalization now allows companies to sell and produce goods all over the world. Globalization has increased business’s exposure to cultural diversity‚ which means that more businesspeople interact with co-workers‚ customers‚ suppliers‚ and others from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. As a result of these two trends‚ communicators must be more aware of cultural differences when communicating
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UNIT I Diversity in the Living World CHAPTER 1 The Living World What is Living Diversity in the living world Taxonomic Categories Taxonomical Aids The living world is very wonderful. It contains wide range of life forms. 1.1 What is living – Living organisms are self-replicating‚ evolving and self-regulating interactive systems capable of responding to external stimuli. Living organisms exhibit following distinctive characteristics. All Living Organisms
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Unity in diversity is a concept of "unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation" that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ social‚ religious‚ political‚ ideological and/or psychological differences towards a more complex unity based on an understanding that difference enriches human interactions. The concept of unity in diversity was used "in non-Western cultures such as indigenous peoples in North America and Taoist societies in 400-500
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World Religions Hinduism Hinduism is a way of life‚ not a particular belief system. Hinduism‚ also known as Santana Dharma‚ is a set of traditions and beliefs that have developed over many centuries. Dharma embraces duty‚ natural law‚ social welfare‚ ethics‚ health‚ and ideal realization. The foundations of Santana Dharma are the Vedas and Upanishads; the sacred texts of Hinduism. “Hinduism differs from Christianity and other Western religions in that it does not have a single founder
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Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recounted in the New Testament. As of the early 21st century‚ it has between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion adherents‚ more than any other religion‚ and representing about a quarter of the world ’s population. It is the state religion of at least sixteen countries. Its followers‚ known as Christians‚ believe Jesus to have been the Son of God and the Messiah (or Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament
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Judah was under Babylonian control‚ and its elite class was sent off to exile. In Babylon‚ these people now Jews recollected their cultural identity * This recollecting of cultural identity and religious tradition created Judaism. | Religious Text(s) | * The Hebrew Bible‚ known the Tenach‚ is the key text in Judaism. The Tenach is divided into three parts: Torah‚ Nevi’im‚ and Ketuvim. * The Torah is divided into five books: Genesis‚ Exodus‚ Leviticus‚ Numbers‚ and Deuteronomy. It the text
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In the early days of our nation‚ national unity seemed very far off. Nothing could be agreed upon‚ and everything seemed to cause conflict. What didn’t help with national unity was the many significant events that took place in the early 1800’s that caused Americans to divide themselves. One of these events that caused turmoil in the nation was the election of 1800. This election was the first time in our country’s history that the political power passed from one party to another. John Adams
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World Religions Report One of the religions that I find intriguing and chose to do an interview about is the Islamic religion. Known as Muslims the members of the Islamic religion originated in Saudi Arabia is the second largest religion in the world today. The founder of this religion was a man by the name of Mohammed. Mohammed was an orphan child his mother passed when he was two years of age and his father passed before he was born he was then raised by his grandfather who also passed and
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Teaching World Religion In America‚ the idea of teaching world religion inside the public schools is often seen as reprehensible. This‚ unfortunately‚ is caused by the many different interpretations of the separation of church and state in the Constitution of America. This program of study has helped many children in other nations to have a greater awareness and understanding of the religions that surround them in the world. We believe that the teaching of world religion would be a great boon
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Title Malaysian Unity Introduction Malaysia is one of the countries in the world populated by various racial‚ ethnic and religion. Malay‚ Chinese and Indians form the largest ethnics group. Islam is the official religion in Malaysia. However‚ there are other religions practiced including Christianity‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism and various other tribal religions. Although Malaysian comes from diverse background‚ there is a unique unity in its diversity. Body United by Language Why unity is important
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