Culturally Different Criteria for Decision-making
To Be Wealthy Means to . . . .
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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