The Japanese Navy was at the bottom of the sea and so was most of the merchant marine" (Yoshihara, 1939).The Japanese had no exports, no foreign trade, and inflation destroyed all of Japan's private savings. ... The Japanese are very protective of their culture. ... Japan's striving for purity is very different form a North American idea of open doors and diversity as strength. ... Even though Japanese culture had a lot of influence by others, Japanese still use their own culture to develop their management system. One of the Japanese traditional values is the samurai. ...

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Asian Americans went through crippling acts of inequality that put America's wartime ethics into question. The Japanese bombing of pearl harbor that pushed America into WW II brought a large persecution of Asian Americans along with it. Many Japanese were involuntarily moved to internment camps during the war to lessen the fear of a Japanese threat on the homefront. This led to many having speculation whether the placing of the japanese in internment camps was constitutional or not, and if the U.S had any good reason to place the Japanese in internment camps (Doc 4). The government, while...

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In "American Values and Assumptions", Gary Althen clarifies the American cultural values that intersect and how they work together. These values are perceived by Americans and sometimes are different with other cultures in the world. Generally, he gives evidences taking from American social notions such as the freedom, self-reliance to explain how strongly people devote to individualism. ... In the article, Althen gives an example of how American parents teach their children to be self-reliant. ... The economic differences between socialist and capitalist could be taken as an example...

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For example, direct eye contact between individuals in American culture is considered polite, engaging, and respectful; whereas in Japan, indirect eye contact is preferred, as it is less intimidating and less threatening. ...

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This is a semi-structured interview composed of 16 questions that focus on the individual experience and social context – two versions are available, one for the individual and one for an informant (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ... In 1994, the Diagnostic Statistical manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV took the unprecedented step of including culture bound syndromes (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). ... In many traditional cultures for example there is a strong belief in the spirit world (Marsella & Yamada, 2010), some religions such as Christianity or Islam forbid sui...

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Review and Discussion Most Americans are busy people and a great number of them schedule their daily routines down to the minute. ... In fact, in some Asian countries such as Thailand where the national motto is "never mind," being on time does not carry the same importance or weight as in even some other Asian countries such as Japan (Thongyou, 2003). ... According to these therapists, "Some Mexican-American families may operate under different time expectations, and an explanation of time limits may be necessary. When the need arises, they should be informed of the importance of punctualit...

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"With Organ Donor Program Facebook is creating good by doing what it does best- connect"9 Today, there are thousands of people who are interested in donating organs yet, haven't thought of registering with organizations that carries this kind of database, Facebook along with Donate Life America found an opportunity to make a change by doing its job and provided a link on the site that connects organ donors to online donor registries. 10 (ii) Clear theory of change: Companies' approaches social issues and approaches them by implementin...

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Different ethnic communities can also display distinctive individualistic and collectivistic tendencies for example ethnic groups like African/Americans tend to subscribe to some forms of collectivistic values more than lets say, European/Americans. In the Power-Distance dimension, the Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Mexico and many Arab countries have been identified as large power-distance cultures. ...

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Himes study done in 2011 by the Congressional Budget Office confirmed that the top 20% of Americans faced much faster income growth than the bottom 80%, the top 1% enjoyed the fastest income growth of all. ... With this huge of a gap it comes as a surprise that only a small portion of American adults are actually aware of how large the gap is. ... Unfortunately the poor vote less often than the rich and they do not even vote on the basis of economic self-interest because many Americans distrust government (Eduardo Porter 2014). ... According to Eduardo Porter in 2014 during the Progressive era...

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The Purpose of Business It has become apparent that the accepted view of the role of corporations in society is evolving, and necessarily so. This is especially true after the recent corporate scandals in the USA involving multinational companies whose names have become commonplace in discussions of corporate fraud; such as Enron and Worldcom. (In fact, it was recently reported that a U.S. Senator had used one of these names as a verb; i.e.; to "enron" shareholders.) Corporate ethics and the role of business in society is under public scrutiny perhaps more than ever before in modern histor...

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Intercultural Communication History teaches us that culture always changes because of internal and external influences. Communication is the most important quality for anyone to work on if they want to work or be part of an intercultural society. Communication between different cultures is a maj...

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(Beneria 12) This includes what Beneria calls the Washington Consensus or the idea held by the American and British government that free trade is the single solution for all economic issues. ... Countries that are known for this type of behavior (such as Japan and Saudi Arabia perhaps due to social norms) both score much lower on the GDI than the HDI. ...

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The Proper Grounds for Affirmative Action Affirmative action involving preferential treatment is an issue that is no longer a stranger to every day Americans as well as the Supreme Court. ... An example of the former would include the United States" reparations to the Japanese put in internment camps during World War II. ... As far as American society has advanced on issues such as racial and sexual discrimination, the two are still very much present in our modern society. ...

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He advocated for equal treatment for every American in the United States. ... Globalization has had an immense influence on the ethnic map of America. From the beginning of 1960, immigration has heightened in the American society. ... Japan and the United States are two highly industrialized and modernized countries. ... The economic implications of Black Americans differ from that of other minority groups. ...

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Hotel companies headquartered in nations as diverse as Germany, the U.S.A, and Hong Kong compete aggressively in markets such as Singapore and Japan. ... Social scientists have identified seven American social classes: upper uppers, lower uppers, upper middles, middle, working, upper lowers, and lower lowers. ...

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