Culturally Different Criteria for Decision-making
To Be Wealthy Means to . . . .
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To Whom It May Concern:
We are
studying about "Culturally Different Criteria for Decision-making." Just
recently a big earthquake occured in the middle of Japan Island, Southern part
of Hyogo Prefecture, or around Kobe area. Although several kinds of help were
offered to Kobe City and to the Japanese government from overseas soon after the
quake even through the network, they refused the offers simply because they did
not have enough information or because they tried to save their faces, meaning
"to prevent them from their disgrace or dishonor."
In 1985 when the JAL jet
plane crashed near Mt. Fuji and soon U.S. military of the base nearby offered
help, the Japanese police and Self Defense Force were in the middle of the
discussion as to which should take the initiative not to lose their faces.
Though it may sound old fashioned or ridiculous to you, such a
criterion has been highly considered. Born and raised in Japan with her unique
cultural background, we are quite curious about how other people make decisions
and what kind of values or criteria they have at the time of their
decision-making. Especially the students' at your university or college.
We
would really appreciate it if you could send us your response or responses to
the questionnaire by E-mail, stating your name, nationality, cultural
affiliation, and your E-mail address to: arise@himeji-du.ac.jp
Also
please make sure which number and title of questionnaire you are responding to.
We would be delighted if we could have some workshop or discussion
concerning "Culturally Different Criteria for Decision-making."
Thank you
very much for considering this matter.
We will be looking forward to hearing
from you soon.
Yours very truly,
Members of CDCD Group at Himeji Dokkyo
University
We will discuss different criteria for decision-making.
Think up a specific situation and several alternatives for making the
choice, and see how other people make selections and find out what their
priorities and values are. When you make decisions, you just don't decide on the
spur of the moment, do you? You may do so once in a while, but you would
probably consider your value. It means what you think is important. However,
what you have considered to be very valuable may not be so to others, especially
to those who have different cultural backgrounds. Why? We try to find out the
insights of human beings beyond cultural boundaries.Please
respond to the questionnaire by E-Mail:
arise@himeji-du.ac.jp
Questionnaire
1.(and the outcome of 100 Japanese students)
Which would you prefer, a
choice[A] of your favorite fruit, just one kind, in a large quantity or a
choice[B] of little pieces of various kinds of fruits on a plate?
Questionnaire
2.(and the outcome of 100 Japanese students)
If you and your friend went
to see one of the world series baseball games in a stadium, which you had been
very much looking forward to, however, the two persons in front of your seats
were not just cheerful but quite noisy, standing up all the time and screaming
and yelling with dirty phrases, which was somehow quite bothering you and hard
to ignore, would you (A)ask or tell them to sit down and be quiet or (B)say
nothing to them and try to keep watching the game while putting up with their
behaviors or (C)go home? You have only three choices (A)(B)(C). The stadium was
packed and no other seats were available.
Questionnaire
3(and the outcome of 100 Japanese students)
If you would be assured
throughout your life, which one would you like to be assured? (A)You would be
successful in your business and make a lot of money. (B)You would be in good
health throughout your life. (C)You would be very much loved by your favorite
type of person or persons. (D)You would be able to take a good leadership in
whatever you wish to be. (E)You would rather have no assurance.
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