经贸英语文章选读Unit15CulturalDiversity

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1、Unit15CulturalDiversityContentPageObjectivesTextATextBSupplementStudyingObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,youarerequiredto1.HaveageneralideaofCulturalDiversityinthebusinessworld.2.Understandtheingredientsofculturaldiversity.3.Understandthepowerofculturaldiversityinthebusinesscircle?4.Masterth

2、edifficultwordsandexpressions.TextACulturalDiversity,IBMStyleDefinitionofCulturalDiversityCulturaldiversityisthevarietyofhumansocietiesorculturesinaspecificregion,orintheworldasawhole.Thetermisalsosometimesusedtorefertomulticulturalismwithinanorganization.AspectsofCulturalDiversityCulturald

3、iversityincludes(butisnotlimitedto):LanguageRaceEthnicityDressvaluesAspectsofCulturalDiversityReligionandreligiouspracticesSocialandfamilyresponsibilitiesFamilyandfamilyresponsibilitiesPoliticalviewsCulturalHeritageTheadoptedbyUNESCOin2001isregardedasalegalinstrumentrecognizingforthefirstti

4、me,culturaldiversityas"commonheritageofhumanity"andconsidersitssafeguardingtobeaconcreteandethicalimperativeinseparablefromrespectforhumandignity.ThereisalsotheratifiedinJune20,2007by78Stateswhichsaid:Theintangibleculturalheritage,transmittedfromgenerationtogenerationisconstantlyrecreatedby

5、communitiesandgroupsinresponsetotheirenvironment,theirinteractionwithnatureandtheirhistory,andgivesthemasenseofidentityandcontinuity,thuspromotingrespectforculturaldiversityandhumancreativity.DefenseThedefenseofculturaldiversitycantakeseveralmeanings:Abalancetobeachieved:thus,theideaofdefen

6、seofculturaldiversitythroughthepromotionofactionsinfavorof"culturalminorities"saidtobedisadvantaged;Preservationof"culturalminorities"thoughttobeendangered;Inothercases,onespeaksof"culturalprotection",whichreferstotheconceptof"culturalexception",whichismainlyusedinFranceunderthetitle"French

7、exception".Thismakesthelinkbetweenthesocialvisionofcultureandthevisioninherentinitscommercialization.Theculturalexceptionhighlightsthespecificityofculturalproductsandservices,includingspecialrecognitionbytheEuropeanUnioninitsDeclarationonCulturalDiversit