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A legal culture is a system of laws and precedents peculiar to a nation, region, religion, or other organized group. A culture gap occurs when incompatible or opposing systems might be applied to the same situation or assumed by the parties.
A cultural divide is the virtual barrier caused by cultural differences, that hinder interactions, and harmonious exchange between people of different cultures. For example, avoiding eye contact with a superior shows deference and respect in East Asian cultures , but can be interpreted as suspicious behavior in Western cultures . [ 2 ]
Boeing's new CEO is planning to put executives in the workers' shoes to fix its ailing culture.
Cultural economics is the branch of economics that studies the relation of culture to economic outcomes. Here, 'culture' is defined by shared beliefs and preferences of respective groups. Programmatic issues include whether and how much culture matters as to economic outcomes and what its relation is to institutions. [1]
Culture shapes the prevalence of cultural factors: decision content, decision motives, and situational demands and affordances. For instance, consider the mundane action of opening the refrigerator; Americans are said to labelled this action as a "decision" more than the Indian counterparts.
A new report by federal safety experts found major issues with Boeing's safety culture — including a ... The report found “gaps in Boeing’s safety journey” and described the safety culture ...
The panel, created after fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 but before the recent incident in which a door plug blew out the side of an aircraft, found “gaps in Boeing’s safety ...
The term cultural lag refers to the notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological innovations, and the resulting social problems that are caused by this lag. In other words, cultural lag occurs whenever there is an unequal rate of change between different parts of culture causing a gap between material and non-material culture.