99. For more than 2,000 years until the 1949 Communist revolution, _____, which teaches the
importance of attaining personal salvation through right action, was the official ethical system of
China.
100. _____ is a non-religious, ethical system principally followed in China, Korea, and Japan.
101. Which of the following is a non-religious system of ethics that considers the values of
loyalty, reciprocal obligations, and honesty in dealings with others central to its ideology?
102. _____ is not concerned with the supernatural, has little to say about the concept of a
supreme being or an afterlife, and believes that loyalty to one’s superiors is an absolute
obligation.
103. Which of the following statements is true of Confucianism?
104. China Innovation Inc. is a devout follower of Confucian ethics. Hence, it hires people who
live by similar principles. Which of the following is most likely to be a characteristic of this
company?
105. In a Confucian culture, loyalty of the subordinates to their superiors should be:
106. Which of the following Confucian ethics is central to the Chinese concept of guanxi?
107. A person seeking and receiving help through a guanxi network is:
108. Which of the following is the cause behind the Basque separatist movement that is going
on in Spain for decades?
109. _____ is the mother tongue of the largest number of people in the world.
110. _____ is the most widely spoken language in the world, and is increasingly becoming the
language of international business.
111. Chinese is the mother tongue of the largest number of people, but English is the most
widely spoken language in the world. This indicates that:
112. When a Japanese and a German businessperson get together to do business, it is most
likely that they will communicate in _____ .
113. Jack, the CEO of Silver Touch Inc., raised his eyebrow in surprise at a new employee’s
valid suggestion to improve the sales turnover. He made a thumbs-up gesture as a sign of
approval for the implementation of the employee’s suggestion. Jack is typically using:
114. Which of the following is an aspect of nonverbal communication?
115. Which of the following statements best defines personal space?
116. When schools emphasize respect for others, obedience to authority, honesty, neatness,
being on time, and use a grading system, they are:
117. The recent trend to outsource information technology jobs to countries such as India
indicates that:
118. Managers at the Blue Dragon Inc., an international company with operations in China and
the United States, are often heard complaining about the difficulties in achieving synergy and
cooperation between the employees of both the countries. On extensive research it was
concluded that the cultural differences between these countries, which resulted in different
work-related values, caused the lack of cooperation. In order to effectively tackle this problem,
Blue Dragon Inc. should: