Intimacy or Integrity Philosophy and Cultural

Question: Discuss about the Intimacy or Integrity for Philosophy and Cultural. Answer: Introduction: In the recent years, there are a number of debates regarding globalization and its impact on the human lives. Two leading viewpoints have emerged regarding globalization, in the first view, it is presumed that the globalization has occurred and the world has become flat (Tom Friedman) whereas, in the second viewpoint, it is stated that the present world is dominated by corporations (Naomi Klien) (Friedman, 2016). The fundamental behind both the theories is that the globalization has occurred all the people are connected with each other. Conversely, it can be posited from the statistical data that although globalization has occurred, it is to a very limited extent. At present, only few people are connected with each other across borders, which shows that globalization has occurred only to a smaller extent. The world is not a vast marketplace, but it comprises of small, interconnected, discrete entities that are connected to each other at varying extent (Ghemawat, 2012). Therefore, the regional differences are still there and they matter in the development of strategies and policies (Ferguson Mansbach, 2012). However, media, writers and globalization theorists have heavily publicized the globalization that has occurred in the world. It is suggested that the national borders does not matter anymore, and the world has become on single giant place to live in. Actually, it is not true as the national boundaries and regional and cultural difference still exists and impact on the lives of people. Now, when people shift from one place to another, they still experience cultural shock (Irwin, 2007). Such skepticism regarding globalization and its adverse impact on the economy has been speculated from earlier times. For example, a quote came from David Livingstone in the 1850s regarding how railroads, telegraph and steam ships have connected the world. In personal experience, the employees are often worried that their jobs will be stolen by their global competent and counterparts. Many managers and senior position holders are often concerned that with globalization, the companies are able to hire competent, more experienced and skilled employees for the key positions. They also fear that globalization will intensify the competition between the local companies. However, looking at the statistics, it can be observed that globalization has occurred limitedly. For example, only six to seven percent phone calls made are international calls, only three percent people migrate to other countries, and only ten percent of the total investment is foreign direct investment. Therefore, most of these talks are globaloney and wasting peoples time. In addition to it, it is also adverse to the society because if the people presume that globalization has occurred, they will abandon working harder for the globalization. Globalization is desired as there might be potential of further benefits from globalization. With globalization, people can aim for global welfare and contribution to society. In my viewpoint, if the data regarding the globalization is shared with the people, the fear regarding the globalization will reduce. However, if the people realize that globalization has not yet occurred, they might get worried regarding the future and the unpredictabl e outcomes of the globalization (Ghemawat, 2012). In the present times, globalization and liberalization has resulted in moving people from one place to another and connect with other persons of different cultural and language background (Dickinson, (2016). Living or communicating with people of different backgrounds is quite complex as people born and raised in different cultures have difficulty in understanding the viewpoint and the thoughts of other people. It can be understood from the example of Japanese and American business meetings, wherein the Japanese often have difficulty in understanding the viewpoint of the foreigners. Other than that, they also did not have a word for objectivity and; therefore, cannot communicate with the foreigners properly (Youtube, 2013). Several times, in my workplace I have encountered instances of cultural differences such as Americans are too loud which is considered as impolite in other countries. I have also observed that the people look a shock at the way Muslim women dress wearing a hijab a nd covering their head (Kasulis, 2002). However, it is their culture and they prefer to wear it without any pressure from the family members. The eating habits of some people also shock people of other cultures (Minkov, 2011). A major instance of the cultural fight was when in my family a child was expressing his opinion loudly to his parents. It was unacceptable to an Asian family who has come to visit us. They started explaining the kid that it is not proper to speak like that to his parents. The parents of the child as well as the child started saying that everyone is free to express his opinion and follow his will. I resolved this situation by making the Asian family acknowledges that although, the kid was speaking loudly, and he was just putting his viewpoint (Cohen, 2015). The place wherein a person has been brought up also influences his moral values and perception regarding right and wrong things. For example, in a survey conducted by Trompenaars Hampden-Turner, an intellectual management firm, it was asked from the people of different countries whether they would lie for their friends. The majority of survey respondents from Switzerland and the United States of America said that they will never lie for their friends whereas the survey respondents from Venezuela and Russia stated that they will definitely lie for their friends to help them. After viewing the scores, different people gave different responses, such as people from America said that the survey shows that Russians and Venezuelans are most corrupt people, they can always lie and you cannot trust them as they have friends everywhere. In contrast to it, the people from Korea stated that Americans can never be trusted as they do not help even their own friends. Both the viewpoints are logical and it shows the cultural differences between both the countries. Fons Trompenaars is of the viewpoint that in order to create harmonious cultural diversity, it is important to connect viewpoint of different people (Youtube, 2013). 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