Cultures, Ethics, and Norms Quiz

Culture Classification

• The dimension approach is more influential in classifying cultures as it considers multiple dimensions and allows for comparisons across cultures.

Cultural Identity

• Civilization is the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of cultural identity.
• A cluster is a group of countries that share similar cultures.

Collectivism vs. Individualism

• Collectivism refers to the idea that an individual's identity is primarily based on their collective group.
• Individualism refers to the perspective that an individual's identity is fundamentally their own.

Communication and Context

• High-context cultures rely on unspoken context, which is as important as the words used.
• Low-context cultures take communication at face value without much reliance on unspoken context.

Cultural Dimensions

• Long-term orientation emphasizes perseverance and savings for future betterment.
• Masculinity vs. femininity refer to sex-role differentiation.
• Power distance is the extent to which less powerful members accept unequal power distribution.
• Uncertainty avoidance refers to the extent to which members accept ambiguous situations and tolerate uncertainty.

Institutions and Ethnocentrism

• Informal institutions come from socially transmitted information and are part of the cultural heritage.
• Ethnocentrism is the perception that one's own culture, ethics, and norms are "national, rational, and morally right."

Cultural Norms and Behaviors

• Culture is defined as "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another."
• There is no strict, one-to-one correspondence between cultures and nations.
• Different cultures have unique norms and behaviors, such as the use of chopsticks in Japan.

Language and Culture

• Lingua franca refers to a global business language; English is currently the lingua franca.
• Language and religion are two critical components of culture for successful global business.

Approaches to Culture Classification

• Three approaches to classify culture: context approach, cluster approach, and dimension approach.