Chapter 3 - BA347

Ethnocentrism

is a self-centered mentality by a group of people who perceive their own culture, ethics, and norms as natural, rational, and morally right

Culture

is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another.

Social structure

is the way a society broadly organizes its members.

Cluster

is countries that share similar cultures.

Collectivism

is the idea that an individual's identity is fundamentally tied to the identity of his or her collective group.

Context

is the underlying background upon which social interaction takes place.

Femininity

is a relatively weak form of societal-level sex role differentiation whereby more women occupy positions that reward assertiveness and more men work in caring professions.

High-context culture

is a culture in which communication relies a lot on the underlying unspoken context, which is as important as the words used.

Individualism

is the idea that an individual's identity is fundamentally his or her own.

Long-term orientation

is a dimension of how much emphasis is placed on perseverance and savings for future betterment.

Low-context culture

is a culture in which communication is usually taken at face value without much reliance on unspoken context.

Masculinity

is a relatively strong form of societal-level sex role differentiation whereby men tend to have occupations that reward assertiveness and women tend to work in caring professions.

Power distance

is the extent to which less powerful members within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.

Uncertainty avoidance

is the extent to which members in a culture accept or avoid ambiguous situations and uncertainty.

Corruption

is the abuse of public power for private benefits, usually in the form of bribery.

Ethical relativism

is a perspective that suggests that all ethical standards are relative.

Ethical imperialism

is a perspective that suggests that 'there is one set of Ethics (with the capital E), and we have it.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

is a US law enacted in 1977 that bans bribery of foreign officials.

Cultural intelligence

is an individual's ability to understand and adjust to new cultures.