ATH 315 Cross Cultural Worksheet Analysis

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ATH 315 Worksheet Analysis: Ethics in a Cross-Cultural Context Overview: First, watch the TEDx video featuring Neha Reddy giving a talk on female circumcision titled Culture and Human Rights: Narratives of Ethiopian Identity . As you are watching the video, think about the complicated ethical nature of the debates surrounding this issue. Next, write a response to each question below. The following questions are open-ended and do not have “correct” answers, per se. Students’ responses should be thoughtful and considered, as the questions are designed to promote exploration of the nuance of these complicated issues. The questions promote reflection upon ethical issues in both cultural practices and environmental issues :  Preconceived attitudes and cultural biases  Attitudinal changes  Self-awareness and cultural relativism Be sure to use proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing technique throughout your responses. You can type your responses directly in this worksheet, resave, and submit. Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2–3 page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one- inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format. For details on how this will be graded, please refer to the Ethics in a Cross-Cultural Context Rubric . Question: What are Neha Reddy’s biases regarding the issue of female circumcision as a practice before she goes to Ethiopia? Why do you think that is the case? Answer: Neha tries to incorporate an unbiased approach; however, her preconceived notions of Westernized cultural ideals see such practices as an extreme violation of women's rights. Western medical experts state that “Female Genital Circumcision is a human rights violation and there have been international efforts to eliminate the practice” (Gee and Bilyeu, 2019, pp. 32). A point of view that judges female genital circumcision as an unjust act being performed on girls who cannot consent to what is being done to them. The risk of circumcision may result in death due to infection or severe mutilation. The reason surrounding my perception of facts is based on cultural perspectives accepted by Western society which are engrained in its populace. Judging others based on our standards rather than the standards of the individual culture promotes cultural biases and

ethnocentrism. Source Gee, A., Kraus, E., & Bilyeu, A. (2019). Female Genital Cutting: Considerations for the Western Physician. Missouri medicine , 116 (1), 32–34. Question: What does Reddy encounter while in "the field" that changes her mind? How does this event impact her thinking about the issue moving forward? Answer: Reddy encounters women like Nadia and Martha who do not view circumcision as a crime but rather as a traditional practice of local values passed through generations. From these ladies' cultural perspectives, the opinions and forced implementations of entities such as UNICEF or the UN hold no prominence as large-scale organizations are basing their opinions on their ethnocentric views of the society being targeted. Cultural relativism suggests that different societies have different codes of conduct and moral standards, thus, no universal code or standard (Western or otherwise) can be used validly to judge others (Rosenberg et al., 2017, pp. 6). Instead of larger agencies enforcing changes foreign to a culture understanding the systems and processes of the culture in question may go a long way. Reaching out to smaller groups that may have a larger impact such as the Women’s Watch Group, may be a method to contemplate as these women can garner support from their communities to enact change. When change comes from legislation foreign to a culture, the people within that community may resist those drastic changes because it does not align with their practices, values, morals, or beliefs. Source Rosenberg, A. R., Starks, H., Unguru, Y., Feudtner, C., & Diekema, D. (2017). Truth Telling in the Setting of Cultural Differences and Incurable

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