Social Etiquette in Business: The Art of Gift-Giving

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion about social etiquette...............................................................................................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10
Appendix..................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The present report provides an overview on the discussion on social etiquette in the
business enterprise. The topic that has been selected for this study is the Etiquette of gift –
offering in business. Etiquette refers to the code of an individual behaviour which delineates
anticipation for social behaviour based on the conventional contemporary norms within a
specific society, group and social class. It mainly relates to the rules which govern good
behaviour and attitude of individuals as well as business and social interactions. It highlights
on the cultural norms, rules of different groups and few accepted ethical codes. Etiquette
facilitates the individuals in showing consideration as well as respect to other people and
build good relationship between them (Trends, Avoid & Pilon, 2018). In fact, it relates to the
standards which govern socially acceptable behaviour in a particular situation. Social
etiquette in a business organization relates to the standard which govern any kind of social
interaction relating to business that has been held away from the work. Business social
etiquette has been considered as one of the key to business success. It plays a huge role in the
business operations especially while interacting with international clients and other
colleagues at any social events, (Jennings & Biss, 2016). Effective social etiquette in business
helps to make winning impression among the clients, other stakeholders and colleagues
working in the same company. There are few business organizations in the present century
that needs more formality in the workplace and in other social events of the organization. The
strength and weakness of present social etiquette displayed by the colleagues of my
organization is also discussed in this study.
Discussion about social etiquette
Significance of social etiquette in business

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It has been opined by Valíková (2014) that, one of the basis of social etiquette in
business is to build strong relationship with the colleagues by nurturing better
communication. Social etiquette in business might vary between the nations and few
principles can rest on time as well as geography. In today’s business world, social etiquette
serves some vital functions that includes-
 Etiquette helps to provide personal security- By knowing proper way to behave in a
particular condition makes an individual highly comfortable.
 Protect the emotions of other individual- Proper social etiquette in business helps to
make other individual comfortable as well as protect their emotions.
 Improves the communication process- Social Etiquette increases communication by
eliminating barriers during any interaction procedure (The Importance of Business
Etiquette. 2018).
 It also improves the work status – Proper social etiquette improves the status of work
in any of the difficult working situation.
 It creates good impression – Appropriate etiquette during client interactions helps an
individual to create good impression to the client.
 It creates confidence in social situations and business- Proper social etiquette as well
as social skills helps the workers in the business to ease uncertainty as well as replace
it with proper decisiveness and direction.
 It increases employability, career success and productivity- Social etiquette in the
business organizations increases employability and productivity and brings about
success in the employees career. The reason behind this is that social skills and
etiquette facilitates in leading people, solve- work related issues and approach
complex circumstances in business.