Relaciones Interculturales y diversidad

If there’s one statement which is true in our society, it’s the one that says no one is alike. We are all different from each other, as result of that we have learned how to interact with others. In today’s society there are individuals with disabilities and different sexual orientation. There are also people with different cultural backgrounds, which leads individuals to interpret or do perform task differently from each other. Our education on cultural background as well as learning how to interact with others with disabilities and sexual orientation is very crucial. In our job we spend many hours a week, what would be better than getting alone with our peers and work with them as normal individuals.

As individuals we have to be careful whenever we are new somewhere or just met someone. As previously mentioned not everyone is alike in many different aspects. It could be our religious believes, cultural back ground, sexual orientation, or disabilities. For these types of situations we have to proceed with caution to make sure that say and act correctly according to our society’s norms. Recognizing and understanding basic culture differences, can lead to successful interactions among individuals who may be different from each other.

In my job I don’t have to interact with co-workers who have any noticeable physical impairment. In fact, I have never worked with anyone with disabilities.  Even though I don’t work with one with disabilities, I have noticed that my job is well equipped to host or have any work there with special physical needs. If I had to work with anyone who might have any disabilities I would treat them just as I would with someone with no disabilities. I’m quite sure they don’t like to be treated differently from anybody else, and we have to respect that. The reason why I’m sure that we get along just fine with someone of has those characteristics, is because I’ve done it before with peers in school or in case with a neighbor I used to have.

On the other hand I have worked and currently do with co-workers who are homosexual. In our job we see them and treat them just as everybody else in the company. In fact sexual orientation is not something we give that much importance to. Our employer looks for a well done job not caring what any ones sexual orientation is. I have learned to get along just fine with my co-workers who are homosexual, as long as everyone gets their assigned task completed correctly. I t does not matter what their sexual orientation is. They are normal people just everybody else whether or not we agreed with their decisions, we have to respect them for being human beings.

Therefore we have to be aware of the people around us and understand we might have to interact with individuals who may be different than us in different aspects. Whether that difference is a cultural or a physical disability, we have cope with that to have successful interpersonal relations in our jobs. Just think about, what if one day we are ask to go work in a foreign country by our employer. We would the one who is different from the other, and I’m pretty sure we would like to be treated nicely and professional as well.