Lab+3

Discuss Following Issue: Empathy

Empathy: as discussed in today’s class, business transactions and decisions deal with empathy and being in tune with the other parties thoughts, attitudes and experiences. The middle eastern and Asian parties with whom we do major business transactions with have been upheld in the past for disregarding empathy and being too self centered, conscious and rigid, especially such countries as India and China as explained in today's lecture.

It is important to be in tune with the other parties’ passions and ideals because too much self-interest can be a cause of disturbance and unnecessary hurting of feeling and emotions. For example people of the same race have to open up to other races and be able to express themselves freely and clearly so that the communication barriers and collaboration can flourish which will help build a better foundation for business dealings in general. This includes the fact that people of the same culture have to consider the manners and values of the other culture so that the flowing of communication considerably gets better with time.

Countries, specifically India and China have considerable issues regarding with identifying the vicarious experiences of the feelings of others. The other side of the story resides in the minds of the western audience themselves, as they might not successfully be in tune with other foreign cultures as well. This issue is an obvious two-sided sword that can be relevant to both parties that are involved in international business transactions.