Culture Quiz 263Comments
is the absolute answer. You will be considered unsociable
if you apply answers or . If you choose and are the
first to arrive, you will also have to be the last to leave if you
want to evade the ritual, since the same process used in
the initial greeting is repeated by the person who is
saying goodbye.
SITUATION 3
You have been injured as the result of falling into a hole left
by construction workers. Do you:
Sue the company?
Forget the incident as best you can?
Report the incident to the proper authorities so that no
one else falls into the same trap that you did?
Fill in the hole with sludge as revenge against the workers
who left it open?
Comments
is the only possible answer. A personal injury lawyer
would go broke in Bolivia, a non-litigious society. People are
expected to be careful; government and private enterprise
do not take legal responsibility for injuries, except in the
case of employees. For example, if you have a maid who is
injured on the job, then it is your responsibility to see that
she receives the care she requires. If the development of
countries were linked to the litigation industry, Bolivia could
be labelled ‘underdeveloped’.
SITUATION 4
You are going into business as an exporter but the initiation
of your enterprise is being held up by a permit delay in a
government office. The last time you asked, you were told
that your documents would be ready any day, but any day
has long since passed. Do you:
Ask if there is a ‘special fee’ (bribe?) that will expedite the
signing of your documents?