Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Chapter 2:
Chapter 3:
2. If you were starting a small business, would you prefer that your partner
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5
1. What’s the difference between power and prestige? Can you think of a job that grants
power but little prestige and one that grants prestige but little power?
2. Can leisure time—maximizing it—be pursued on its own as a value in the job search, or
does it need to be combined with other values? If it needs to be combined, which values
might work best?
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chap 8
1. Invent a job description that would allow applicants to be screened by a bona fide
occupational qualification (BFOQ).
Chap 9
3. List some questions you could ask about a workplace that would start to
Chap 10
Answer :
1. Physical and/or cultural traits set a group of individuals within a community apart from
the customs and members that dominate the collective.
2. The physical and/or cultural traits that set the group apart are either disapproved of, or not
understood by the dominant group.
3. A sense of collective identity, mutual understanding, and common burdens are shared by
members of the minority group
CHAPTER 11
Question 1: Why might cultural diversity create sexual conflicts in an office?
In today's global work environment, it's a given that companies need culturally diverse
teams to succeed. Both scientific studies and common sense tell us that having people with
different viewpoints onboard increases the creativity that teams will employ in solving problems.
Academic studies have carefully shown how cultural differences affect attitudes about
sex, sexual advances, and hostility at work. In a world of multinational corporations and falling
trade barriers, large organizations (and small ones too) are going to explore international
markets. Mixed nationalities in the office are going to follow.
Researchers speculate that the distinct responses to the situations don’t indicate
superficial differences of opinion, or divergences in local laws, but go much deeper into
sweeping ways people understand sex and socializing and men and women together. For
instance, South American culture is generally more eroticized, more tolerant of displays of
nudity, and more accepting of raw gestures toward sex. Of course you can’t miss how much
more comfortable men and women are with their displayed bodies if you visit Carnaval in Brazil,
but it goes beyond that.
In conclusion, Companies can also face civil suits for discrimination and sexual
harassment. Smart employers not only have policies on sexual harassment and gender
discrimination, but also provide training on these issues to ensure a respectful, comfortable
workplace in which everyone feels valued and has equal opportunity.
Question 2: What are some reasons an employee may want to use drugs at work?
A drug means a substance providing a temporary and artificially desirable state, one followed by
a comedown or a reversal to a level below the original condition
CHAPTER 12
Question 1: What does caveat emptor mean?
Question 2: What’s the difference between deceitful advertising and direct falsehoods?
CHAPTER 13
Question 1: How can corporations raise money?