Ethics

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Appendix A

Part I

Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings:

|Term |Definition |

|Diversity |The inclusion of different types of people, people of different races or cultures in a |

| |group or organization. |

|Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. |

|Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity |

|Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own |

| |lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. |

|Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another. |

|Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident. |

|Culture |A social practice associated with a particular field. |

Part II

Answer each question in 250 to 350 words:

1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?

Here are some ways groups are identified. One of the ways would be racial. Being identified in your racial group would be things like Whites (non-Hispanic), Blacks/African American, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Asian Americans. There are two main ways that racial groups are seen obvious and typical. What would obvious and typical be? Each society has there own...