Cultural Blindess - Case Study Romania

Abstract

Cultural blindness is the phenomena in which a person follows the cultural tradition and values without judging that either it is good or bad. Despite the move of most organizations towards globalization, many people in the organization remain insensitive towards cultural differences. They somehow fail to respect differences because they believe that it is the duty of the minority to adapt to the dominant culture and not the other way around. Cultural blindness could also be an indirect effect of rampant discrimination towards the minorities. However in the perspective of the General Power theory, the coined term, cultural blindness has an altogether different meaning. Paul Fudulu a professor from University of Bucharest has come with an alternative to Weber’s rationalism, for explaining the economic performance of a culture.

Keywords: cultural blindness, mega-goods, absolute power, relative power

JEL Classification: A11, A12, A13