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Comment on absolutely intercultural 156 +++ Corporate Social Responsibility +++ Theory & Practice +++ Sceptical Point of View +++ Turkcell +++ Success stories +++ European Companies +++ Non-Profit Organization +++ by Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:06:50 +0000

Great to see more companies prctice CSP. Let’s hope they are serious about their commitment and don’t just parctice green washing.

Comment on absolutely intercultural 159 +++ Rotation Curation +++ Culture Shocks +++ Jordan +++ Working in an international environment +++ by Lucy Pilon

Lucy Pilon — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:01:53 +0000

I listened to the podcast on – Oct 11th and truly enjoyed hearing participants describe their stories. I commend the efforts of Absolutely Intercultural to provide first hand experiences to those of us who have not travelled abroad. This forum takes away myths and stereotypical notions of travel and studying abroad! Thank you all! Lucy

Comment on absolutely intercultural 153 +++ South Korea +++ Germany +++ Semester abroad +++ Ideal student +++ Personal development +++ by Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:37:33 +0000

I strongly advise minority students to pursue the idea of studying abroad. They can learn so much to help their people in their own community once they return. Currently our college has opportunities to study abroad in Japan, Mexico, Spain, and Denmark. Student who have studied in other countries appear to love their educational experience. This is the best way to get a global education.

Comment on absolutely intercultural 153 +++ South Korea +++ Germany +++ Semester abroad +++ Ideal student +++ Personal development +++ by Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:32:03 +0000

I think that studying abroad is a great idea for students to get a global perspective on issues. With the current financial crisis, students will find that studying abroad could help them to finance their education. That is, many college students are on full scholarships. For minority students, in particular, studying abroad affords them the opportunity to learn the customs and beliefs of other cultures. There is a myth that minority students who study abroad are ashamed of their own culture; this is false. You must appreciate your own culture before you can develop an apprecitation of other cultures.

When minority students study abroad, they open up so many doors to a better life. They can learn ways to improve conditions in their culture once they return to their native country.

Comment on absolutely intercultural 158 +++ Flat Class +++ Julie Lindsay +++ Vicki Davis +++ Thomas Friedman +++ by admin

admin — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:55:31 +0000

Thanks for highlighting the Dusseldorf conference. There’s just so much going on with the Flat Class approach that boiling it down to 20 minutes inevitably means that we leave out some good stuff. It’s sort of just down the road from me even though I live in Denmark so who knows.

Comment on absolutely intercultural 158 +++ Flat Class +++ Julie Lindsay +++ Vicki Davis +++ Thomas Friedman +++ by Julie Lindsay

Julie Lindsay — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:21:56 +0000

Anne, thank you putting together such a wonderful collage of comments and ideas from Vicki and myself and also including the voices of colleagues involved in our projects.
Just wanted you to know also, and this will be of interest to your European listeners, that our next live Flat Classroom Conference will be held in Dusseldorf, December 6-8 2012. All details on http://flatclassroomconference.com
Many thanks again.
Julie

Comment on absolutely intercultural 157 +++ CSR +++ students view +++ real life projects +++ community work +++ school children +++ elderly people +++ by Best Dot

Best Dot — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:07:47 +0000

Thank you for the post.I really enjoyed reading the post.there is a lot of information.

Comment on absolutely intercultural 115 +++ academic integration +++ incoming students +++ buddy system +++ cultural diversity +++ by Jim Jackson

Jim Jackson — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:29:45 +0000

Dr. Borgman;

After viewing your piece I wonder how you feel about standardization in the light of the cuturally diverse standards. I am a fan of diversity producing more robust results in the long run, but if education is culturally diverse and then used universally in a global community, can we really say that a college degree, for example, in one culture is the equivalent of that in another culture?

Jim

Comment on absolutely intercultural 156 +++ Corporate Social Responsibility +++ Theory & Practice +++ Sceptical Point of View +++ Turkcell +++ Success stories +++ European Companies +++ Non-Profit Organization +++ by Roxana

Roxana — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 11:29:48 +0000

It seems rather hard to convince companies to invest in education the way Turkcell has. However, it’s possible for things to change. I’m thinking that if companies want better prepared individuals to hire at some point education will become a point of interest.

Comment on absolutely intercultural 155 +++ Intensive Seminar +++ Izmir +++ Corporate Social Responsibility +++ European Companies +++ Crisis +++ Non-Profit Organization +++ SERVAS +++ by Jim J

Jim J — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:09:02 +0000

Excellent topic for discussion. I am heavily burdened wih my own corporate social responsibility in my daily work. I feel it is a tremendously unfair advantage in the global market that some cultures demand social responsibility of their corporations and some other cultures have no desire for corporate social responsibility at all. We have a major portion of our business plan directly related to our responsibilityto the community, charities and other stakeholders while others in our same industry have no burden in this area.

I believe we all will bear the burdenif some do not act in a socially responsible mannermake it a double hitfor those of us that already do meet that responsibility.