http://www.clearlycultural.com Making sense of cross cultural communication Tue, 05 Jul 2005 04:33:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wal-Mart is having a rough time in Germany dealing with cultural differences. Ethics manual They recently distributed a US style “ethics manual” to its employees, which was not well-received to say the least. What was it about these guidelines that rubbed the Germans employees the wrong way? - A ... http://www.clearlycultural.com/4/ As a result of a new law, physicians in New Jersey are now required to complete a cultural competency training. New Jersey is the first state in the U.S. which has passed legislation requiring cultural sensitivity training for physicians. More states are likely to follow. Read the full story here http://www.clearlycultural.com/8/ Procter & Gamble employees in Toronto celebrated their diversity yesterday with jerk pork, samosas, Romanian meatballs and Fruit To Go from the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgendered employees booth. These 800 employees represent more than 40 different countries and speak at least 30 different languages. ... http://www.clearlycultural.com/9/ In Saudi Arabia cultural communication has become a necessity of modern-day life as an economic, social and information revolution takes hold. Many locals struggle with accepting foreigners, particularly those of different religions and cultural backgrounds. With privacy continuing to be a major pillar of Saudi society, this represents a ... http://www.clearlycultural.com/10/ As part of the new generation of Community actions programmes for the period 2007-2013, the European Commission adopted yesterday a proposal for a programme for the promotion of active European citizenship. This programme will take over the current programme coming to an end in 2006 and is a contribution to ... http://www.clearlycultural.com/12/ This article about a girl who had her hair braided on vacation, describes an example of how taking up symbols of another culture can result in taking up the social context as well. http://www.clearlycultural.com/13/ "I don't have to know everything ." - Mort Meyerson , CEO, Perot Systems http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/cross+cultural+communication/SIG=11mtklp2c/*http%3A//www.fastcompany.com/online/02/meyerson.html During its Annual Leadership Summit on Health Disparities, National Minority Health Month Foundation will award Kaiser Permanente the 2005 Mary Eliza Mahoney Award, an honor given to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to improving access to health care in minority communities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/cross+cultural+communication/SIG=11nn04502/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050411/sfm152.html?.v=2 Years of teaching English as a second language have taught Glenn Hawes the frustration of resettling in a foreign place. "It's more than the language, it's the culture," said the former American Language Program instructor. "It involves counseling -- it involves explaining." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/cross+cultural+communication/SIG=12b1qr2vj/*http%3A//www.redandblack.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/11/4259bf4b23f33 Students at the University can frequently be heard complaining about discussion sections and teaching assistants. One issue that is often brought up is TAs for whom English is a second language. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/cross+cultural+communication/SIG=1205j45sj/*http%3A//www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=23117&pid=1286