The cross-cultural faux pas on the part of Cameron Diaz on her recent trip to Peru has made headlines internationally. According to USA Today, the actress apologized yesterday for carrying a bag with the famous political slogan of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong. The article notes:
The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some world [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘cultures’
June 25, 2007
Cultural Sensitivity When Traveling Overseas
June 5, 2007
Would you give your boss the finger?
Joe Fawcett shares an anecdote on his blog about how a colleague of his experienced a true example of cross cultural differences when he transferred from the US office to their London office. I have written before about how gestures sometimes have different meanings across cultures, and this is yet another example of how those [...]
