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Cultural Impact on Brazil's Criminal Justice System

place great emphasis upon "inclusive definitions, neat conceptual distinctions, and broad general rules" (Scuro, 2003) rather than...

Ethnocentrism v. Cultural Relativism

are utilizing an ethnocentric approach or a prejudiced approach. When we are more open to facts rather than our own expectations ...

East Asia's Cultural Values and Competition With Western Europe and North America

of creating a tripolar global environment. Bergsten (2001) further asserts how the only way to prevent such a detrimental occurre...

Cultural Care in Russian Families

sometimes goes to the lengths a westerner would consider as infringement)" (Russians, 2004). In relationship to statistics it a...

Asian Cultural Concepts and Social Research

What is interesting to note when viewing Fallows assessment is that the same elements that he critically views in terms of the Fil...

Cultural and Performance Studies and Communication

There are some things in this life that just are, that result from the intersection of natural law, cultural context, interpersona...

Cultural and Political Autonomy Preservation Struggles of Native American Leaders

the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

Cultural Understanding of Chinese Women Through Literature and Art

woman who traveled to a foreign land, worked hard and then returned to her family would never be perceived in such a way. In fact...

Fashion, Cultural Theft, and Ethnic Influences

was the case in Darwin when an Aboriginal tribe brought a case against a textile manufacturer for the use of scared symbols on the...

Literature and Dangerous Male Cultural Socialization

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

Cultural Pluralism and the Melting Pot Theory

United States, embraced all people from all over Europe. It was believed that all of these people would come into the United State...

Western Civilization and Hebrew Cultural and Religious Contributions

as deeply related to their existence. AS Spielvogel indicates, "According to the Jewish conception, there is but one God....God...

Cultural Relativism According to Rachels and Williams

race "at the mercy of machines" (Joy, 2000). The kind of panicky point of view maintained by Joy as a result of the constantly im...

Endangered Species Conservation, Cultural, Economic, and Political Constraints

interacts with another, as well as what governs overall cultural behavior. According to Berkes (1993), "traditional ecological kn...

Ownership of Cultural Property

property, these "Rs" are restitution, restriction and rights. Restitution would return items to the current governments in place ...

U.S., Mexico, and Cultural Perspectives on Management

can be seen as nothing more than the relaying of facts. Adler (2001) provides an example of this cultural politeness in the form ...

Themes of Cultural and Moral Relativism

tribes would simply allow certain effeminate men to take on female occupations (153). Seemingly, their plight was accepted. They w...

Law Enforcement, Cultural diversity and Community

of ones skin or the culture one has grown up with. Diversity, it can be said is as individual as the way in which one approaches p...

Cultural Oppression in Rabbit-Proof Fence and Storyteller

- and still is to a great degree - the focal point of cultural existence speaks to the way in which Silko (1989) reveals the strug...

Need for Cultural Competent Care

quite frequently, they are seldom defined specifically, yet both terms hold significant importance in terms of their relevance to ...

GENERAL MOTORS AND CULTURAL CHANGE

veteran executive from AT&T) is tired of it. The problem here, however, is that Whitacre is proposing wholesale changes in ...

Considerations of Stereotypical Cultural Representations in the Literature

be erased, we must do so through more constructive means that taking away one of the most treasured liberties of free societies. ...

WAL-MART, CULTURAL NORMS AND TRANSNATIONALISM

whats going on at its headquarters and what is happening within its stores (especially in the United States). Author Ben J...

Managing Cultural Differences

case. This is the face of globalization. We have moved from a primarily agricultural subsistence lifeway to an industrial one an...

Counseling Ethics and Cultural Factors

marital status and socioeconomic status (Garcia, et al, 2003, p. 268). Additionally, researchers have indicated that there continu...

RESEARCH IN MOTION: SOCIO-CULTURAL FORCES

about our industry, company and products? Basically, cell phones have moved from being a luxury item less than 15 years ago to bei...

Autism Speaks and the Importance of a Cultural Diversity Action Plan

standards and expectations. DAPs identify objectives and delineate time frames for achieving those objectives. They also provide...

Cultural Understanding and Security Management

security risk. To understand who the role may vary the role of security management needs to be considered in terms of different or...

Comprehending Cultural Relativity

version: "Radical cultural relativism holds that the beliefs, values, and modes and organization of behavior of one culture can ne...

Historical, Cultural, Political, and Business Issues in Good as Gold by Joseph Heller

more than a few nonwhite faces, he would immediately head for another resort" (Buhle, 2003, p. 71; Heller, 1979). Buhle ar...