Global Mindset Competency

Question 1

Legal system based on written codes (laws, rules, or regulations).

Answer 1

CIVIL LAW

Question 2

Societies or groups characterized by complex, usually long-standing networks of relationships; members share a rich history of common experience, so the way they interact and interpret events is often not apparent to outsiders.

Answer 2

HIGH-CONTEXT CULTURES

Question 3

Right of a legal body to exert authority over a given geographical territory, subject matter, or persons or institutions.

Answer 3

JURISDICTION

Question 4

Ability to take an international perspective, inclusive of other cultures’ views.

Answer 4

GLOBAL MINDSET

Question 5

Capacity to recognize, interpret, and behaviorally adapt to multicultural situations and contexts.

Answer 5

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

Question 6

Concept that laws are enforced only through accepted, codified procedures.

Answer 6

DUE PROCESS

Question 7

Legal system in which each case is considered in terms of how it relates to legal decisions that have already been made; evolves through judicial decisions over time.

Answer 7

COMMON LAW

Question 8

Basic beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, and customs shared and followed by members of a group, which give rise to the group’s sense of identity.

Answer 8

CULTURE

Question 9

Concept that stipulates that no individual is beyond the reach of the law and that authority is exercised only in accordance with written and publicly disclosed laws.

Answer 9

RULE OF LAW

Question 10

Societies in which relationships have less history; individuals know each other less well and don’t share a common database of experience, so communication must be very explicit.

Answer 10

LOW-CONTEXT CULTURES