Business Ethics Assignment- Cross Cultural Communication
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Added on 2020-05-28
Business Ethics Assignment- Cross Cultural Communication
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Running head: BUSINESS ETHICS – CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONBusiness Ethics – Cross Cultural CommunicationName of the studentName of the universityAuthor Note
1BUSINESS ETHICS – CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONTable of Contents1.Why is cross cultural communication (CCC) a business issue?..........................32.Why is CCC an ethics issue? How would an understanding of ethics assist aprofessional to communicate effectively with people from other cultures?..............................43.What do you think the author meant by “Recent economic challenges furtherhighlight the need for organizations to develop the internal communication capacitynecessary to control and monitor external threats’?...................................................................54.Explain why 'cultural proficiency doesn't mean memorizing every culturalnuance of every market; it's knowing when to listen, when to ask for help, and when—finally—to speak'65.The author argues that 'Focus should be placed on using individual differences'.Why do you think this approach might be more effective than ‘promoting culturaladaptation’?76.Explain why 'Companies that are successful in communicating cross-culturallyhave a competitive advantage' (Genevieve, 2007).....................................................................87.Compare and contrast the communication styles of your home country andAustralia. How do they differ? Are there similarities?..............................................................98.Give an example of how one of the differences that you have identified mightlead to misunderstanding. How could this have a negative effect on business?......................109.Why might ‘The obsession to overemphasize the differences between differentcultures may result in stereotypes being conceived and such perceived notions may prove tobe a hindrance in communicating with people’?......................................................................11
2BUSINESS ETHICS – CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION10.Give examples of how Australians stereotype people from your country, andhow people from your country stereotype Australians. Do you think these stereotypes areaccurate?12References....................................................................................................................14
3BUSINESS ETHICS – CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION1. Why is cross cultural communication (CCC) a business issue?Cross cultural communication refers to a field of study that attempts to look at theways in which the various people hailing from the different cultural backgrounds docommunicate with each other (Carbaugh, 2013). It also aims to study the ways in whichcommunication does take place among the various cultures. The understanding of the crosscultural communication proves to be an important aspect for the business organization thatemploys a diversified workforce or develops plans to conduct a business on a global range(Bochner, 2013). This particular type of the communicational study might involve theunderstanding of the communication of the employees belonging to the different culturalcommunities, the manners in which they perceive their surroundings and the ways in whichthey speak with their co-workers.The cross cultural communication helps the business organizations to be moreeffective in the communication towards the concerned clients. The companies that do practicethe cross-cultural communication within the organization do have better chances atexplaining to the concerned clients the ways in which their products are superior to those thatare marketed by the rival organizations (Samovar et al., 2014). The cross-culturalcommunication might help the concerned organization to build better employee relationships,efficient business partnerships and the building the global client base of the company. Theeffective cross-cultural communication in an organization helps in the enabling of the smoothfunctioning of the businesses. The effective cross-cultural communication also helps theconcerned business houses to communicate with the partners in business as well as the clientswho belong to different cultures.
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