- •Talking about ethnic groups
- •2 Read the extracts from seven meetings. Match each extract to the correct country.
- •Cultural awareness
- •2 Look at the situations below and choose from the multiple choice answers. How would you behave in each situation?
- •3 Look at the following sentences. Do you think they are true (t) or false (f)?
- •In a lot of situations, the way you behave is more important than what you say. However, in different cultures, the same behaviour can mean different things.
- •4 Look at the table below and match the correct statement to the correct gap.
- •6 Look at the sentences in activity 4 again. Look at the grammar. Then decide whether the following parts of grammar tend to be formal (f) or less formal (l) in English.
- •Cultural attitudes and ethics
- •8 Look at the guidelines below. While you read them, answer these questions:
- •Transco ‘Equal Opportunities’ Recruitment Guidelines
- •If you do not follow the guidelines, you might be told you are prejudiced. You might get in trouble with the law.
Cultural attitudes and ethics
A multi-national company called Transco has written standard recruitment guidelines for all its offices in different countries.
Transco wants its staff to be sensitive to different cultures.
8 Look at the guidelines below. While you read them, answer these questions:
a) Which guidelines do you agree with? b) Would any of the guidelines cause problems in your country?
Transco ‘Equal Opportunities’ Recruitment Guidelines
1. You should not ask for any applicant’s photograph when recruiting.
2. You should not say in any job advertisement that you only want male or female applicants, or people of a certain age.
3. You cannot refuse to give someone a job just because they are disabled or an unusual size.
4. You cannot refuse to give someone a job just because they have a tattoo or scar.
5. You cannot refuse to give a male applicant a job just because he is wearing an ear-ring.
6. You cannot refuse to give someone a job just because you do not think their clothes are smart enough.
7. You cannot refuse to give someone a job just because they smoke.
8. You cannot refuse to give someone a job because of their religion, nationality or skin colour.
9. You cannot recruit someone related to you or someone who is your good friend.
10. You cannot recruit someone who has offered you a gift, money or hospitality.
If you do not follow the guidelines, you might be told you are prejudiced. You might get in trouble with the law.
Match the guidelines to the correct types of prejudice. You can match a guideline to more than one type of prejudice. You can also match more than one guideline to a type of prejudice.
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