RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

In international business religion take an important place since almost every country in the world has one. The society has rules and certain guidelines to live following a stipulate order. So, the negotiation take the form of what society think is good or bad and the words and attitude of the negotiators will determine the outcome.
Managers all over the world should learn of different cultures and know how to act in front of people that think different, to obtain good outcomes and create a superior relation.

·         How can we create an ethical relationship between religion and business so that they may cooperate towards a more sustainable and respectful development of life?

The best way to create an ethical relationship between religion and business is making negotiators accept ethic principles in their negotiation processes and implementing strategies where the fair play and honesty become the most important values in debates.

·         Can you imagine a world without religion where everyone would be trying to get immediate satisfaction to their individual needs?

 I think that religion has been throughout history, the best way to manipulate the people and put him on a few guidelines provided, so I think that a world without religion in terms of economic and business, would be a major accessibility world, because people are not governed by specific behaviors but by their own tastes and desires, and so, the multinationals could be well positioned more easily and quickly anywhere and without much need for adaptation, but governed by a global taste.

·         Religion can create networks of trust and familiarity that facilitates economic transactions. Can you name other positive aspects of this relationship?

With religion you can find things in common with other regions or countries that share the same beliefs, but if not, also there is a challenge to negotiators and companies to know how to reach certain markets and built the confidence and familiarity required to be accepted by the other one.

·         Do you think that stereotyping based on religion has been influenced by economical or political interests, why, whose? What is the role of The Media in this issue?

The media has the power to manage the reputation of people and complete communities all over the world and the media has been manipulated by gubernators and politicians that want money and power.  With stereotyping, entire communities has been affected and cataloged as undeveloped, terrorists, corrupts, among others and these types of judgments affect the lives of all the people and its normal development.

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