This essay focuses on giving alcohol to a Muslim host .the local views concerning gift giving but also what is considered an appropriate gift.
When engaged in business with a foreign organization, it is useful to know not only the local views concerning gift giving but also what is considered an appropriate gift. In some cultures the color white is associate with death, so white flowers and white gift wrap should be avoid. Of course, giving alcohol to a Muslim host would be most inappropriate. In China, Korea, and Japan, you should use both hands when offering or receiving a gift.
In the Unite States the number thirteen is consider bad luck, but in China. The Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, a gift set containing four items should be avoid. This is because their words for “four” and “death have similar sounds. There are, of course, numerous other cultural nuances. It is relate to gift giving, so before setting out to visit a business counterpart in another country, learn as much as possible about what is consider suitable in the host country, when to present the gift, and how it should be present.
Although these details may seem trivial, without an appreciation. It is of what is appropriate and inappropriate, you run the risk of destroying any goodwill. The before discussion of the business proposal even begins.
You undoubtedly know the value of using “small talk” to get to know another person. You will also have learn that there are some topics that should not be address during these early meetings or perhaps ever discuss at all. The choices of initial conversational topics during social interactions are dictate by standards that often differ across cultures. In order to avoid embarrassing social blunders, it is necessary. This is to understand which topics are acceptable in the host country and which subjects are consider off limits.