World Citizenship
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Vahid Masrour presents on the topic of world citizenship. He discusses world citizenship as a state of awareness and introduces himself as working with the World Citizenship Chair at Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador. The presentation covers topics such as the multi-cultural mindset, world citizenship in business, and world citizenship as a potential job or career path. Masrour questions the concept of citizenship being defined by one's country of birth and cites a quote about having a world-embracing vision from Bahá'u'lláh.
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World Citizenship
- 1. World Citizenship a state of awareness Vahid Masrour Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador World Citizenship Chair February 2010
- 2. (Planned) Topics I. Intro: Who am i, and why am i here? II. The multi-cultural mindset III. World Citizenship and business IV. World citizenship as a job
- 6. Citizen of a country… because i just happened to be born there?
- 7. Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”
- 8. “Let your vision be world-embracing, and not confined to your own self” Bahá’u’lláh
- 9. Multi-Cultural Mindset a requirement of World Citizenship
- 10. How do we deal with human diversity?
- 11. So, what is a human being?
- 12. How do we deal with human diversity?
- 13. Unity in Diversity OK, but how do we achieve that?
- 14. A path to Unity in Diversity Moral Leadership, by Anello & Hernández Initial encounter (with a culture that’s “different”) Tension Division in Diversity Come together with an open mind
- 15. Understanding A path to Unity in Diversity Coming together with an open mind Showing interest Tolerance Endeavour to understand
- 16. A path to Unity in Diversity (2) Understanding affection Esteem Shared vision
- 17. A path to Unity in Diversity (3) Shared vision Unity in Diversity
- 18. World Citizenship The business perspective • What does World citizenship have to do with business? • Why would World Citizenship be a part of work? • How could world citizenship help a manager?
- 19. Creating a product/service in 2010 Requirement s: USA Design: Sweden Miniatu rization: Japan Manufacture : China Storage : Panamá Distribution : Local
- 20. The enterprise in the XXIst Century Virtual Organization Network Enterprise a. Online participation b. Cultural sensitivity c. World-view d. Collaboration What skills will it require? What will it look like?
- 21. World Citizenship as a Job Vahid Masrour World Citizenship Coach Cel (593) 99.044.027 vahidm@gmail.com www.tinyurl.com/vahidm
- 22. World Citizenship as a job "intercultural coaching“, they call it. http://www.eoc-intercultural.com
- 23. World Citizenship as a job http://www.globalcoaches.com
Editor's Notes
- His 3 first birthdays were celebrated in 3 different countries.
- What are each of those guys thinking? Can they actually share thoughts with each other? Are they too different? How will they relate if he is British and she is Irish? Is he Chinese or Japanese? Does that make a difference? Is it important? Can he be “African”? Can i (Vahid) be “European”?
- How do you deal with it? Cultural diversity at one level, never ending human diversity at the other.
- IT comes down to the very concept of human being that we keep in our minds and hearts. Lying under the cover of culture, we inevitably find human beings… so what is human, and not cultural?
- Back to that question, which is key to a World Citizenship State of Awareness, allow me to offer the answer that has worked for me… Maori, from New Zealand, see the movie The Whale Rider to see how an adolescent deals with her growing up in between cultures. The showing of the tongue, part of a dance called a “challenge”, is where an encounter starts, and goes on as a fight or as a peaceful meeting depending on how the challenge is answered.
- Moral Leadership, Module 10 Teamwork, Nur University. Eloy Anello & Juanita Hernández.
- Showing GENUINE interest Tolerance a stepping stone towards…
- Along with understanding usually come some emotions…
- When we have a shared vision, living in a state of unity in diversity becomes possible, or rather inevitable.
- Requirements: if it's just one country. Nokia might require studies across several countries
- and a world clock
- Here is my business card. World citizenship a full time job? I’m talking crazy here, right? Or am i?
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