Cultural Sensitivity When Traveling Overseas

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 [...]

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 [...]