Going Against Core Principles and Values... Tough

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Adapting to a cultural situation is all well and good until an individual is faced with the need of going against their core principles and values and then the trouble starts... Do they do the right thing culturally and betray their own core values, or do they say no and stand up for what they think is the right thing? (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		CQ Has to Work from Both Ends Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member
	The entity as well as the employee have to have CQ. After all, the entity hires expats to assist them meeting its objectives outside its own culture. If the entity insists on the employee to totally adapt to its own culture, as may be observed in Asia quite often, the employee is a mere adornment to the entity without objectives (provided there were any) being achieved.

		Analyse Company Culture First... Tsangue Tchiaze, Student (University), Cameroon, Member
	It is good to study and be well informed of the culture you are venturing into, so as to determine if it is inline with your values and belief system or not, otherwise you might end up creating a problems both ways that might not be solved easily.

		Going Against Core Principles Graham, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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		Challenging Core Values Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan, Member
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		Challenging Core Values Graham, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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		Consider this an Opportunity to Challenge our Core Values! Karen Petersen
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		Challenging Core Values Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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		Stand Up for what You Value and Believe In Tamara Mislan, Student (University), United States, Member
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		Stand Up for .. Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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		I Quit the Organization Because they do not Practice Healthy Values Tamara Mislan, Student (University), United States, Member
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		Stand Up for what You Believe In Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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