Collecting for cultural diversity

Collecting Liability for Compensation for Medical Accidents

Compensation for damages caused by medical accidents is one of the important issues that have led to the transformation of social life into responsibility. The increasing number of accidents caused by medical practices and the consequent increase in casualties to patients makes it more than necessary to investigate the issue. While the legal system of some countries, including France, has taken...

Cultural Intelligence and Cultural Diversity

Today, in order to achieve an effective result in a globalized business environment, an understanding of cultural diversity is urgently needed. In this background, such a concept, cultural intelligence, is newly presented. This is an ability to socialize and work with people from different culture and background without cultural struggle. This article discusses about a concept and theory of cul...

Managing cultural diversity: implications for organizational competitiveness

Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters (Extended Abstract)

In human conversation, meaning is transported through several channels such as verbal and nonverbal behavior. Certain of these behavioral aspects are culturally dependent. Mutual understanding or acceptance is thus, amongst others, depended on the cultural background of the interlocutors. When designing virtual character behavior, culture should be considered as it may improve the character’s a...

International Conference on Biological and Cultural Diversity: Diversity for Development- Development for Diversity

1. 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) provides an effective point for reinforcing the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. These three objectives also highlight the linkages between biodiversity as the core of sustainable development promoting human well being. This is a golden moment to also promote the recognition of the inextricable lin...