What Is Cultural Diversity And Why Is It Important?

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Cultural diversity in the
workplace

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Four elements of culture..................................................................................................................2
Health beliefs and practices.........................................................................................................2
Family patterns.............................................................................................................................3
Communication style...................................................................................................................3
Death and dying practices............................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The term cultural diversity is mainly used interchangeably with the concept of
multiculturalism. Diversity is a group of diverse consumers from various cultures that mainly
take into religion, gender, and account language. It is determined that cultural diversity is
capable to affect the workplace effectively and it is significant to address such points in the
business (Wilson, 2014). There are key four elements that can be used for evaluating culture
diversity including health beliefs, family patterns, and death and communication style. The
objective of the paper is to review the four elements of culture and address the problem of
cultural diversity in the workplace.
Four elements of culture
There are major four elements of culture that can be applied in the workplaces for
addressing cultural diversity which are described below:
Health beliefs and practices
Mexicans are very religious with the major religion being Catholicism. Traditional
medicine in Mexico is completely based on the Greek belief which is brought by the Spaniards in
major four senses of humor including yellow bile, phlegm, blood, and black bile. In order to
manage cultural diversity in Mexico, individuals can focus on health beliefs and practices. In
Mexico, it is significant to manage good health by evaluating medical related practices (Berrey,
2014).
Figure: Health beliefs and practices