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Compare and Contrast: Taiwan vs. US - Coggle Diagram
Compare and Contrast: Taiwan vs. US
Socio-Cultural
Taiwan
Negotiations
Bargaining and compromise is used with with high or low starting negotiations varying depending on the situation (CultureCrossing)
Relationship building is very important so pressure tactics, hard selling and any sort of confrontation should be avoided (CultureCrossing)
Communication Style
Taiwanese communication is high context so they avoid using no when answering questions (CultureCrossing)
Gift Giving In Business
Simple gifts are not exchanged at first meetings and anything handmade should be avoided
the number 4 and 13 are considered unlucky numbers and gifts in groups of these unlucky numbers should be avoided (CultureCrossing)
United States
Negotiations
Business deal is more important than personal relationships (CultureCrossing)
Final decisions are made from top down or group consensus (CultureCrossing)
Communication Style
Politics, religion, homosexuality, racism, abortion, and criticism of the government are topics in conversations that are usually avoided
Americans speak directly or low context (Geringer et al., 2020).
Gift Giving in Business
It is not common to bring gifts to a business meeting (CultureCorssing)
If gifts are brought they are usually inexpensive as to avoid the interpretation of a bribe (CultureCrossing)
Political
Taiwan
Democracy
President and vice president are elected every 4 years (eligible for a second term) (CIA)
Government type
Semi-presidential republic (CIA)
Court
Supreme Court consists of the court president, vice president, and approximately 100 judges organizes into 8 civil and 12 criminal (CIA)
US
Democracy
president is elected into office every 4 years (eligible for a second term) (CIA).
Court
US Supreme Court (consists of 9 justices - the chief justice and 8 associate justices (CIA)
Court system consists of federal and state courts (CIA)
Government type
Constitutional federal republic (CIA)
Legal
USA
Common Law system
Most other countries use civil law systems so it can be confusing for U.S. victims of overseas terroism to understand their role in the civil law system (Roles in Civil Legal Systems)
Taiwan
Civil law jurisdiction
draws heavily on German and Japanese models
Intellectual Property is greatly influenced by the laws of the USA (Practical law)