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McCann, Dennis P.; Lam, Joanna Kit Chun; Chiu, Randy K. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2001
Describes a program for teaching business ethics to undergraduate business students at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Provides an anecdotal account to illustrate that in non-Western cultural contexts, figurative rather than scientific language often captures the essence of qualitative phenomena. Underscores the importance of understanding and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Paquette, William A. – 1989
The World Civilization curriculum at Tidewater Community College was redesigned to integrate basic skills with the content assignments. The targeted skills were library reference and research, geography, reading comprehension, critical analysis, grammar usage, and creative writing and thinking. During the first semester, World Civilization…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Book Reviews, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design