Diversity, Culture, and Implications for Term Paper

The article does not set for itself the objective of tackling cultural differences as a wider concept, but points out to specific challenges of cultural differences.

The second textbook excerpt makes reference to distinctive aspects of free trade agreements, including here protectionism, however, contrary to the article, it does not address the aspect of jobs protectionism or the challenges of outsourcing for different countries.

Question 3: There are several things presented as truisms in the first article, however, there are important points that raise questions as well. One of these aspects is the idea that the author proposes of identifying local citizens to help in better understanding local cultures. If by identifying the author refers to actually hiring them, in some cases this is not possible. In some countries, the local citizens do not have the right business approach and sufficiently training them often takes time and may imply higher costs than the actual results. Another important aspect that should be kept in sight is the fact that research on a foreign culture should ideally be done before the actual outsourcing to the country, so that the company will be well prepared to face any challenges that may appear.

I don't agree with the solution proposed in the second article and I think that the answer for the local workers losing their jobs would be to increase their productivity and quality of work rather than imposing barriers. As a good example, we can mention that, while sweaters and other textiles may be produced in Bangladesh, the Mercedes cars will always be made in Germany or other countries where workers are well trained and, despite higher wages,…