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Introduction

In this magazine you will find aspects of work, family, religión, politics and spare time in countries like Guatemala, United States, Cuba, China and London. The main purpose is to learn about these aspects, how ethics work in different countries and especially what is important for us when we are in need of justice or help from someone that of another culture.

Religions:

From all the investigated cultures, we can see that every country is strongly influenced by Catholicism (Christianism). Many other religions as Protestantism, Jewish, Muslim, Hindus, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and Catholicism with African elements are part of these countries main religions. Each country is strongly influenced by one main religion even though; their populations do not belong properly to one. Guatemala would be the one mainly influenced by Christianism. USA, would be the one mainly influenced by Protestantism, though, a big percentage of Americans belong to Christianism and Jewish. London, would be the one mainly influenced by the practice of religions as Muslims and Hinduism. China, is the one mainly influenced by a mix of religions. Buddhism, would be though the predominant religion. Finally, Cuba, would be the one mainly influenced by Catholicism with African Elements.

FAMILY

Family is an essential fact in the society of any country. In the majority of the countries are mostly common the basic families that are formed by the father as the head of the family, the mother, a child or in some cases children. The concept of family basicly is the same around the world, mostly all cultures focus first in the family. The family is the based in the society, with you learn about values and principles that help you during all your life. American culture is different in that point, of course, they respect the family but because of their culture they focus more in their work than in their family. Summarizing, family is essential in any culture, no matter the number of members, each member has its role and function for the family welfare.

WORK

As in the charts, work is everywhere, and the most common shift hours are from 8 to 12 hours per day, and from 40 to 60 hours a week. They also have night shifts and extra hours. But China is the the country with more facilities for work because they are fast developing and anyone can set up their own business. In any country is determined to have a job because is the only way to produce money in a good way. And some others work from home but it coud still be called a job. Most people try to not involve families into work and work into families, because its not the best way to handle both things.

Spare time

From the recent research, we found the diversity which people can enjoy life in their leisure time, many of them play the most common sport, as football or basketball, also they have fun dancing as in Cuba, the women like to dance Salsa; even in the United States and China, they usually go to the gym or fitness clubs, because in their culture is very important to maintain certain image, keeping the body in shape. There are other type of games, that do not are played in all these countries, such as handball, volleyball, golf, tennis or badminton, swim, ride horses; even in China they have the option to improve their calligraphy due the Chinese signs are very difficult so they may choose in learning a little bit more. Beside all the activities that they may have, the people around the world always will find some time to relax or enjoy themselves, is just up to them.

Politics

Politics and the way on how the countries work within their countries is very different, but from taking Guatemala, USA, London, China and Cuba´s politics we cans ay that the ninety percent of these countries are democrats and a ten percent has a communist government. What does this mean, that most of the countries believe that all people should be able to pursue their goals to spite their religion, race and so on. On the other hand we can say that there are several countries in the world like Cuba that their government seem to have to power to choose for the people. In other words, we can say that politics is a way to maintain countries with order, some let people choose and others to make sure of what they want for the future decide for the people to take better decisions. Laws were made to protect ourselves, to make us feel safety and to live without any worry, and that is the main reason of why every government has different ways to handle a country.

Country Work Family Spare Time Main Religions Politics

Guatemala

Day shift: 8 hours (44 hours a week) Night Shit: 6 hours (36 hours a week)

Typical family formed by parents and children. Family is always a priority

Soccer (Most common sport) Dance lessons Several sports Cooking lessons

Catholicism Protestant Eastern Orthodox Mayan Faith

Presidential representative democratic republic.

USA

Typically people work form 8 to 12 hours a day, that would be like 40 to 60 hours a week. A lot of people work from home.

American families are formed by parents, kids, and pets. They have between 2 and 5 kids. Most households have man and woman working.

A lot of people attend to gims or fitness clubs. They like to play golf, go to parks and walking trails, camping. And the most famous sports are football and baseball.

Catholic, other Christian Protestant, and Evangelic Christian, Jewish.

They are democrats and republicans. Its formed by a president, a vice president, a congress, senators, and people usually tell their congress how they want to vote.

London

They have part-time jobs (30 hours weekly). The most common is work is Eight-hour day, a total of 40 hours per week; and there is one more called The Short-Time Working that is for laborers

The basic members as father, mother and child form families in London. In some cases there are more than a child.

They spend a lot of time going to the museums and theathers . They appreciate art.

The largest religious groupings are Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews and Buddhists

They are Republicans and Democrats. Each four years they elect their president.

China

They have jobs like teachers, drivers, office workers and builders just like any other society. And information service, hospitality, culture exchange and international trade business, education business and produce goods for developing countries are the most popular business now in China.

The traditional Chinese family has a hierarchical order with the man as the head of the family tagged with the responsibility for earning the bread of his family.

In China they are just as much a way of living as a form of training to keep the body in shape. The focus of the training can be set on self-defense, personal development, competition or on a close to artistic level. There have been influences from western sports in China and here you can also find traditional football, handboll, volleyball, basketball, tennis and badminton.

China is a country with a great diversity of religious beliefs. The main religions are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism.

Politics take place in a framework of a single-party socialist republic. The leadership of the Communist Party is stated in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China. State power within the People's Republic of China is exercised through the Communist Party of China, the Central People's Government and their provincial and local counterparts

You can also swim, ride horses and learn how to exert calligraphy, like in the Chinese signs.

Cuba

Since all labor in Cuba is controlled in some way by the Cuban government or joint ventures that are required to use Cuban labor; there really is no opportunity for a job listing board, employment service, or contract bid site at this time. Often the true value of a job is determined by the opportunities it presents for theft and other scams, whether pilfering gasoline, stealing food or selling ill-gotten construction materials on Cuba’s sprawling black market.

The family has lost some of its importance as the Revolution has taken over some of its economic and social functions. Families are much smaller now and less likely to include wide horizontal connections . It may be, though, that as the state loses its ability to meet the basic material needs of its citizens in the current economic crisis, the family will again increase in prominence.

Even though many in Cuba cannot afford much, they are very resourceful in finding fun things to do. Cubans enjoy dancing, especially Salsa! Cubans are fortunate to have beaches where they can bring some food and drink and have a great time. Baseball is the national sport and many boys start out by playing baseball on the streets. Playing dominoes is also a big past time for the men. For the ladies, well they have the equivalent of the soap operas here in the States to keep them occupied

The popular religiosity which did develop among white and Creole Cubans was a local version of Catholicism enriched with African influences. There are no holy sites to which pilgrimages are made, although the cathedrals in Santiago and Havana are symbolic and continue to offer Mass. More common is a home altar that may include both Catholic and African elements.

Cuba is a centrally-planned one party state run by the Communist government and Party. President Raúl Castro formally took over from his older brother Fidel Castro as head of state and government in February.

Problem

Alan works in the claims department of a major hospital. Paperwork on a recent admission shows that a traumatic mugging caused the patient to require an adjustment in the medication she is prescribed to control anxiety and mood swings. Alan is struck by the patient’s unusual last name and upon checking her employment information realizes she is one of his daughter’s grade school teachers. Alan’s daughter seems very happy in her school and he cannot violate patient confidentiality by informing the school of a teacher’s mental illness but he is not comfortable with a potentially unstable person in a position of influence and supervision over his eight year old daughter. Can Alan reconcile these issues in an ethical manner? Before answering, take into account the Law of each country, culture, statistics, etc. any relevant information to support your opinion.

Solution The solution to this problem would be first, Alan to look for the law of his country, for example the ADA protects the rights of employees to not be discriminated by mental or physical disabilities.Why he needs this? Because if in the constitution of his country there is a law that protect students from teachers with these kind of prblems he can go to trial and ask for the removement of the teacher in his daughter’s school. In the other hand if there is no law that protects students and other people from this kind of sicness, or disorder, he can talk to the teacher, explain her he medical causes, and effects that having more medicine to this problem can cause in her students. Finally if there is nothing he can do by himself, it is better to ask for help with a lawyer, since this person is not able to take care of her anxiety and mood swings, and somehow can endanget the community with this problem.