Term Paper on "Global Sociocultural Responsibility"

Quoted Instructions for "Global Sociocultural Responsibility" Assignment:

Global Sociocultural Responsiblity: individuals should be able to participate actively as informed and responsible citizens in social, cultural, global, and environmental matters.

A student who is competent in global sociocultural responsibility can:

* Identify scientific principles underlying human influence upon the Earth and its inhabitants.

* Recognize current social and political issues in their own community.

* Demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures, including global and historical perspectives.

* Demonstrate an understanding of and appreciation for human diversities and commonalities.

* Recognize the impact of biases, assumptions, and prejudices in interactions.

* Understand how the natural world affects our daily lives and in turn is affected by our activities.

(The above information was provided by Seminole State College)

Global Sociocultural Responsibility is defined as the way of recognizing and responding to different ethnic and cultural groups by analyzing from multiple perspectives the means by which each group serves a global community that contributes to local, national, and environmental events and concerns of humanity.

(The above was obtained through Florida Community College)

Global responsibility would say, *****"How about all of us involved in creating whatever this bad effect is, getting together and working out how to solve it, as we are all responsible in some way*****". (http://info.emeraldinsight.com/authors/interviews/jgr.htm)

Part A: Assume I am a 10 year old child. How would you explain *****"Global Socioculture Responsibility*****" to me. Remember, I won*****'t understand the *****"big*****" words that may make sense to you.I am pretty good at thinking like a 10 year old so if it doesn*****'t make sense or isn*****'t easy to understand, not a good grade. In your assignment, this will be *****"Part A*****". (*****"PART A*****")

Part B: Now for the REALLY HARD part.*****"Part B*****" of your assignment: Tell me how has cross cultural (outside influences that stimulate cultural change) of the social and/or natural environments impacted your development. Consider issues the issues I provided earlier in this assignment (diversities, biases, assumptions, prejudices, natural envirionment, etc.) Remember, the text has pointed out that our society is more connected with other societies and cultures. Therefore, the *****"larger world also has an impact on us.*****"

*****"Part C*****" of your assignment: How can your personal actions, beliefs, values, etc. AND the actions, beliefs, and values of the *****"groups*****" you belong to affect how you interact with other people in our culture and even how they may people living in aother culture? So, I am looking at you AND the groups you belong to AND how they can affect interactions with other people in OUR culture and people in OTHER cultures. Information on what groups people belong to (*****"social groups*****", *****"primary & secondary groups*****" *****"reference groups*****", *****"in-groups and out-groups*****").

I know this is a difficult assignment, but cultures/societies that are different from the one you live in are important and should be a consideration in many of the decisions you make and actions you take. Having problem with Part B and Part C? Try googling *****"cross cultural impact of the social and/or natural environment*****" or *****"Global Sociocultural Responsibility*****" and see if there are any articles that may help you understand the assignments. You will find many articles on these topics regarding *****"business issues*****" since many businesses are global.