What is cultural awareness and why is it important?

What is cultural awareness and why is it important?

When we interact in cross cultural situations, a lack of awareness can lead to bad or poor decisions. Cultural awareness helps us reduce the chances of making bad decisions and increases the chance of us making more insightful, considered decisions.

What is cultural awareness business?

Cultural awareness is about making the proper responses/accommodations to behaviors/norms exhibited by people from outside of one's own culture.

What it means to be cultural?

Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. The word "culture" derives from a French term, which in turn derives from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or cultivation and nurture.