Face Negotiation Script

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Face Negotiation Theory Script Cast of Characters Stella: A social theorist who is currently teaching conflict resolution to her students with a focus on how different cultures view and value the “self.” Stella attended college in a multitude of countries and focused her studies on how people from different cultures deal with similar problems differently. Stella works to limit bias based on culture by asking students to examine international conflicts that have wide ranging implications such as disease and hunger. Harry: A student in the class from the Netherlands who uses his understanding of “face” and self-concept to identify the cultural difference between is fellow students. Harry’s conflict resolution process reflects the impartial nature of the Netherlands culture. The Netherlands is a regionalized unitary government. From a legal viewpoint, central government noticeably leads, but from the same viewpoint, “certain autonomy” of the civic/local level is assured. The Dutch politico-administrative principles, conversely, has a resilient partiality for consensus and consultation, and, consequently, metropolises had considerable opportunity for international contacts (Hoetjes, 2009). Ting: A student from Japan, with concepts on conflict resolution that reflect Japanese culture. In Japan, there are not instinctive replications of cultural applications of structural philosophies, but rather subtle interweaving of both, tradition and the influence of specific circumstance (Eisenstadt, Ben-Ari; 1990). Penelope: An American student with conflict resolution concepts that reflects American culture and an almost spoiled ideology. Kember: seeks employment outside of the United States but she is not familiar with a lot of places other than America. She begins research online to determine where she can possibly get an intern therefore she can learn about different
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