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Ethnocentrism
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To perceive one’s own culture, ethics, and norms as “natural, rational, and morally right.”
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Culture
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The collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another.
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Lingua franca
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A global business language
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Social stratification
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The hierarchical arrangement of individuals into social categories (strata) such as classes castes, or divisions within a society
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Social mobility
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The degree to which members from a lower social category can rise to a higher status
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Context
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The underlying background upon which social interaction takes place
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Low-context cultures
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Communication is usually taken at face value without much reliance on unspoken context
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High-context cultures
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Communication relies a lot on the underlying unspoken context, which is as important as the words used
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Cluster
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Countries that share similar cultures
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Ronen and Shenkar clusters
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Influential set of clusters proposed by management
Professors Simcha Ronen and Oded Shenkar |
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GLOBE clusters
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Influential set of clusters named after the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness project led by management professor Robert House
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Huntington civilizations
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Influential set of clusters popularized by political scientist Samuel Huntington
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Civilization
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Highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of cultural identity people have
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Power distance
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Extent to which less powerful members within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally
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Individualism
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Idea that an individual’s identity is fundamentally his or her own
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Collectivism
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Idea that an individual’s identity is fundamentally tied to the identity of his or her collective group
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Uncertainty avoidance
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Extent to which members in a culture accept or avoid ambiguous situations and uncertainty
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Long-term orientation
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How much emphasis is placed on perseverance and savings for future betterment
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Ethics
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The principles, standards, and norms of conduct that govern Individual and firm behavior
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Code of conduct
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A set of guidelines for making ethical decision
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Ethical relativism
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Follows the cliché, “When in Rome, do as the Romans.”
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Ethical imperialism
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Refers to the absolute belief that “there is only one set of Ethics (with a capital E), and we have it.”
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Corruption
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The abuse of public power for private benefits, usually in the form of bribery
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
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A US law enacted in 1977 that bans bribery of foreign officials
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Norms
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The prevailing practices of relevant players
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In-group
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Individuals and firms regarded as a part of their own collective
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Out-group
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Individuals and firms not regarded as a part of “us”
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Cultural intelligence
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An individual’s ability to understand and adjust to new cultures
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