HR Competencies: Global and Cultural Effectiveness Competency

Question 1

Extension of the power of a country’s laws over its citizens outside that country’s sovereign national boundaries.

Answer 1

Extraterritoriality

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Civil law

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Cultural intelligence

Question 4

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 4

High-context cultures

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Global mindset

Question 6

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 6

Common law

Question 7

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 7

Low-context cultures

Question 8

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

(hint: U.S.)

Answer 8

Due process

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

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 10

Culture

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Jurisdiction