MacDonald, Malcolm and O’Regan, John P. (2016) Intercultural ethics. In: Kim, Y., (ed.) International encyclopedia of intercultural communication. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. (In Press)

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Abstract

Interest in intercultural ethics has arisen, not just because people from different cultures think
and behave in different ways but also because the ways in which one orients oneself towards
the attitudes, beliefs and values of a person from another culture also demand an ethically
informed position. Two current approaches towards intercultural ethics are identified. One
views ethics as a set of principles of conduct, and the other sees the relationship with a person
from another culture as being in itself an ethical relationship. Four contexts for intercultural
ethics are set out in relation to relevant principles of conduct for the intercultural speaker, the
intercultural sojourner, the intercultural trainee and the transcultural refugee. However,
intercultural communication can also be regarded as being underwritten by ethical
relationship that exists between human beings, which has given rise to a focus on the precepts
of tolerance, hospitality and responsibility.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Place of Publication:	Malden, MA
Book Title:	International encyclopedia of intercultural communication
Editor:	Kim, Y.
Official Date:	2 September 2016
Dates:	Date Event 2017 Created 2 September 2016 Accepted
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	In Press
Date of first compliant deposit:	20 March 2017

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