篇一：中西方商务礼仪(英文)
Different Business Etiquette between China and the
West
I. Introduction
Business etiquette is a kind of civilization accumulation of human being.It becomes fixed during the business communication, being handed down from generation to generation. It is also a kind of standard behavior observed by the businessmen in their communication. Different countries have different culture traditions, so their business etiquette is also different from one another. There are great cultural differences between the cultural cores of Confucian in China and the cores of Christian in the West, which leads to some differences in the business etiquette between China and West.
II. The Influence of Cultural Differences on Business Etiquette Differences Between China and the West
Generally speaking, the differences on business etiquette between China and the West are influenced by several cultural factors, such as values, view of time, view of space, view of diet, verbal habits and nonverbal. The paper mainly focuses on time and space approach.
2.1 From the approach of time
Thoreau once said,“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”Now, we use the phrase “the beat of a different drummer”to explain any different pace of life. The attitudes toward time vary from culture to culture. And it is understandable that people of different cultures hold different views toward time. When it comes to international business, the view of time can be divided into two types, such as monochromic time and polychromic time. Countries that follow monochromic time perform only one major activity at a time, while countries obeying polychromic time perform several activities simultaneously. (Jeanette S. 113)
The United States is a monochromic culture. In monochromic culture, time is regarded as something tangible. Time is seen as linear and manageable. Therefore, people concentrate on the task at hand, taking time commitments seriously and being accustomed to short-term relationships. For example, in the West, time is a kind of
precious and limited resource. The business people attend the business meeting on time. If someone was late, he would be considered to be lack of honesty. And the U.S. business people always expect to solve their business problems within twenty to thirty minutes. In monochromic cultures, it is considered a rude to do two things at once, such as reading a journal in a meeting or answering the telephone while someone is in your office. Schedules and keeping appointments are consistent with value of people in monochromic cultures.
Chinese people are typical example of polychromic cultures. Chinese people are well adapted to doing several things at once and do not mind interruptions. In their opinion, people are more important than schedules to members of polychromic cultures. Their lifestyle is less organized than that of monochromic people. In their eyes time is just like a circle that does not have the end. So Chinese people are highly distracted and subject to interruptions. They consider time to be casual and flexible. For example, to most Chinese today, time simply flows from one day to the next. If a job is not done today, maybe it will be done the next day or the next. And the business meeting would generally last for several hours.
Compared with the Westerners, few Chinese equate time with money. When foreign businessmen arrive in China, most Chinese will make them settle down in hotels and give them an opportunity to rest up. Because Chinese do not expect them to immediately rush into business. However, generally this arrangement will be politely but firmly rejected by visitors. When Chinese are involved in international business, they will get familiar with the Western concept“time is money”. But they do not automatically relate it to the pace of business.
Besides, Chinese do not pay much attention to the appointment. Sometimes even if there is an appointment, the Chinese would not stick to it seriously. When people of different cultures interact, misunderstandings often arise as a result of different time view. For instance, in the Western countries, the business contact would be pre-arranged within three to four weeks. Business people pre-arrange the business contact at least two weeks in America. The appointment is holy to Americans. In the business communication, if someone asks to have a business contact at the last
minute, he will be considered to make trouble or insult the others. On the contrary, the Chinese people pay more attention to relationship. In their business activity, if there is an important person need to be contacted, they could cancel the primary appointment to meet him. It is unacceptable to American business people. This example shows the cultural differences in time sense between China and the West. And it becomes increasingly important as modern business communications put more and more businessmen in daily contact. If we are to avoid misunderstanding, we need to know better about our own cultural biases and those of others. (Wen Yaoqing, 127)
2.2 From the approach of space
Space, is the physical distance between people when they are interacting. It is deeply influenced by culture. When people are having a conversation, the distance between them changes dramatically from one culture to another.
Generally speaking, there are four zones when U.S. people interact: the intimate zone, the personal zone, the social zone, and the public zone. The intimate zone, less than 0.46 meters, is reserved for a close friend. And it appears briefly when the business colleagues shake hands. The personal zone, from 0.46 meters to 1.2 meters, is used for giving instructions to someone in an office. The social zone, from 1.2 to
3.6 meters, is used for impersonal and formal business meeting. The public distance, over 3.6 meters, is the most formal zone. (Lillian H. 83)
Americans tend to need more spaces than Chinese. When having a conversation with Chinese, Americans will back away for the Chinese partner is standing too close. Standing too close to someone in the United States may leave a bad impression on the others, as it implies the person is upset, overbearing, or he is making sexual advances. These negative positions should be avoided in the United States. In China, people prefer to stand close to each other and they think it is a normal and friendly way to communicate with each other.
Besides, the arrangement of desks, chairs, and conference table also feature the different styles of communication. When the United States people are conversing, they prefer the face-to-face arrangement of chairs whereas the Chinese prefer side-by-side arrangement. They like this arrangement because they could avoid direct
eye contact through it.
IV. Conclusion
With the globalization of the world economy, organizations are culturally diverse in handling all kinds of business activities, especially multinational cooperation. More and more business people have become aware of the strong impact from culture. And they should have a good understanding of the other business etiquette culture beforehand, which is beneficial for both sides of the business people. Only in this way will it be possible for them to expand their business and make it more prosperous.
篇二：中西方商务礼仪差异论文(英文)
Abstract
Business etiquette, a behavior science, is the norms in the business activities, , which plays an important role in the business communication .understanding Chinese and western etiquette and their distinctions is of great importance in promoting international business exchanges. With the changing role China played in the international exchanges, we communicate and cooperate frequently with foreigners . It is the notable position that makes us have a more normative and courteous criteria in the international business communication, especially in the business activities with westerners. This thesis ,from the international business etiquette , lays emphasis on the comparison between Chinese and western business protocol, it mainly described the general definition of business etiquette, characteristics of business etiquette, embodiment in business interactions, influencing factors (Cultural factors) of Chinese and western etiquette and the relevant solutions of the differences. The thesis let us comprehend and receive different stages of Chinese and western business etiquette , “recognition—understanding—comprehension ”,through lots of examples, aiming to help us to apply these theories into practice. The consequence of this study shows that in order to avoid the misunderstandings in business activities, especially in international business exchanges, not only should we know some basic business norms, but also we need to understand the distinctions of business etiquette mainly caused by different cultures profoundly.
Key words : business etiquettenorm business exchange
摘要
商务礼仪是商务活动中的行为规范，它是一门行为科学，在商务交往中扮演着重要的角色 ，了解中西方的礼仪及其差异对促进国际间商务交往的顺利进行有着举足轻重的作用。随着中国在国际交往的角色发生改变，中国的对外交流和合作日益频繁，国际地位越来越明显，国际间的交往，尤其是和西方国家的商务交往就更应该规范化、礼仪化；本文从国际间商务礼仪入手，对中国和西方的商务礼仪的异同点予以概述和比较，主要论述了商务礼仪的有关概念、中西方商务礼仪的主要特征、中西方礼仪在商务活动中的不同体现、影响中西方商务礼仪的主要因素（文化因素）及相关的解决办法。用大量的实例来反映礼仪差异， 让读者从“ 初步认知——初步了解——了解”各个不同阶段对中西方商务礼仪进行理解和接受，并将它用于实践。 研究结果表明，为了避免商务活动中，尤其在国际商务交往中的误解，除了了解一些基本的商务规范，更需要深层次地了解由不同文化间产生地商务礼仪差异。
关键词 ： 商务礼仪 规范 商务交往
Comparison between Chinese and Western business
etiquette
1. Introduction
Business etiquette is a code of conduct, which embodies mutual respect in the day-to-day business activities. It is also the norms for people who is engaged in commercial activities and business communications, in other words, how to master basic business activities, so you can meet the requirements for business; how to make yourself familiar with the norms and disclose your dignified demeanor ;how to avoid the embarrassing questions you encountered : such as dress wrong ,dining at a loss; how to eliminate a small matter ,which will have the unexpected negative image to the individuals or companies. Only have you know some knowledge of Chinese and English etiquette , all these problems can be easily solved .Therefore business etiquette helps to create good personal image and corporate image.
Business etiquette is coordination and communication functions with cohesion emotional role. With the development of society, the business relations are getting wider and wider, in a variety of business contacts gradually formed a code of conduct and guidelines, guidance on business conduct themselves in society, and as a code of society, coordinating human relations and human and social relations, so that people are friendly to each other, respect the other's premise, compliance with the protocol norms, in accordance with the protocol norms restrain itself, it is easy for people to have interpersonal communication. Therefore , emotional pool plays to the role, and establish mutual respect, mutual trust, friendship and cooperation relations, what?s more, it will help the development of various undertakings. Business etiquette is a behavior science, and should be trained seriously and systemically. Due to geographical and historical background, various kinds of differences occurs between the systems, but the desire to reflect the aspirations is the same, and to abide by the norms and codes of conduct is consistent.
Business etiquette is made up of significantly more important things than just knowing which fork to use at lunch with a client. Unfortunately, in the perception of others, the devil is in the details. People may feel that if you can't be trusted not to embarrass yourself in business and social situations, you may lack the self-control necessary to be good at what you do. Etiquette is about presenting yourself with the kind of polish that shows you can be taken seriously. Etiquette is also about being comfortable around people (and making them comfortable around you!)
People are a key factor in your own and your business' success. Many potentially worthwhile and profitable alliances have been lost because of an unintentional breach
of manners.
Dan McLeod, president of Positive Management Leadership Programs, a union avoidance company, says, "Show me a boss who treats his or her employees abrasively, and I'll show you an environment ripe for labor problems and obviously poor customers relations. Disrespectful and discourteous treatment of employees is passed along from the top."( Dan McLeod：2008) Which strongly emphasize the importance of courtesy, therefore , it?s necessary to know etiquette, especially the business etiquette.
2. Characteristics of business etiquette
As regional and historical reasons, understandings of people from different regions and ethnic varies , as the development of whole world .Chinese people have attached great importance to the foreigners , especially the westerners ,trading between the two regions is becoming more and more frequent ,establishing good relations with western people is of great importance ,therefore ,knowing the business etiquette is essential . As China's reform and opening up the pace accelerated, people?s living and working in foreign exchanges increased. Understanding the content of foreign-related rituals and requirements, and mastering the skills of contacts with foreigners is particularly important.
In the business occasions , how to make business etiquette effect completely and how to create the best interpersonal relationships is closely related to the principles of business etiquette , which can be concluded into four aspects:
(1) The principle of sincerity and respect
Socrates had made a very famous statement: “ there must not be a gift to a friend, you have to contribute to your sincere love ,learning how to use legitimate means to win a person?s heart .”(Voice of English ，2005) Which tells us that if you contact with the people , sincere respect for the ritual is the primary principle . Only you treat others sincerely and courteously ,can you create a harmonious happy relations, for good faith and respect are complementary to each other. Sincerity is a practical and realistic approach to communicate with other people ,especially in the business activities , it can be directly reflected .Sincere and respect for the first performance with some people :do not lie ,not hypocrisy ,do not insult people ,the so called “cheating once ,for life no friends.” also the practical reflection of business dealing . Sincere dedication, be fruitful harvest, only sincere respect for the two sides can be affiliated, friendship for a long time.
(2) The principle of moderate equality
In the social field ,ritual behavior is always expressed as the two sides ,for instance, if you treat your business guests sincerely and thoughtfully , others would
show the identical courteous respond to your hospitality ,and they would become the potential regular customers . If you performed impatiently and hasty ,there is no doubt that you would get the same response .The purposes of this protocol must emphasize the principle of equality, equal exchanges between the two parts, for equality is the foundation to establish emotion with other people. If you want to maintain a good interpersonal relationship with your business partners or your customers , you should locate modesty in the first place ,because it is the essential way to make more friends. Moderate principle requires us to measure the criteria of etiquette , in accordance with specific circumstance , specific situation and the exercise of the corresponding ritual .For instance ,when doing business with some people both warm and urbane are required ,one can not be rude and frivolous ,lively and modest ,but lethargic and sophisticated.
(3) Self-confidence and self-discipline
The principle of self-confidence is a mental health principle in the social occasion , especially in the commercial contact .Only someone is self-confident ,can he master things freely. Self-confidence is a very valuable psychological quality, people who have full confidence will not discourage when they encounter difficulties , on the contrary , they will counterattack when they are reduced to a rattrap, they are also willing to show their helping hand to people who are involved in jeopardy. People who are not confident enough will run into snags everywhere , even despair of their life .
In the process of social interaction and business communication , establishing a sense of moral values and norms of self-cultivation in the mind to our behaviors .Achieving the balance of self education ,self management and self-confidence correctly , placing a rational and active attitude to fulfill the great obligation the life leaves us , refusing self-righteous and arrogant . Nothing great can be achieved without these traits.
(4) honesty and tolerance
Honesty stresses the principle of credibility , Confucius , a great philosopher , made the statement : people can?t live without credit , if you affiliate with your friends, honesty should be laid in the first place; Which also emphasize the principle of keeping promises. Trustworthiness is the virtue of the Chinese nation , in particular ,it is necessary to stress punctuality , and people should not delay when they go to the fixed appointments, meetings , talks and conferences, etc. One should not make promise so easily ,unless you are really sure about it ,or else you would end with a bad image of dishonest , especially in the business activity , honesty is of great importance .
Tolerance is a great human thinking , the idea of tolerance is a magic weapon to create a harmonious interpersonal relationship in interpersonal exchanges .Tolerate others ,understand others and do not always pursue perfection. For a famous saying goes : failure is the mother of success . All in all ,if you consider things from others? position , I think you have found the best way to win friends ,to win business guests.
篇三：商务礼仪英语Bisiness Etiquette
A Study on International Commercial Etiquette and Its Significance
商务礼仪及其意义研究
CONTENTS
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内 容 摘 要
当今世界，各国之间交流频繁，礼仪之论不再局限在国内，而成了国际交往需要重视的问题。同时，不可否认的是因为各国价值观念，文化，历史背景的不同，在礼仪实践中也存在差异。没有一个统一的标准，这些差异，只有一些约定俗成的东西，大家都基本认同，在交往中共同遵守。所以从事国际交流，国际商务的人，不论是政治，经济，文化，军事哪个领域，对这些礼仪都要熟悉。
国际商务和涉外工作也已经不再是少数人的专利，而是成为越来越多人的职业选择。在这个“以人为本”的时代，如何在跨文化的交流中，尽可能地尊重他人，又充分维护自己的尊严，是一项非常重要而具有挑战意义的事情，而国际商务礼仪就是市场竞争和国际商务大环境中人们必备的一门知识。
本文对商务礼仪进行了明确的界定,对商务礼仪的内容与归属、特征与原则、功能与操作进行了系统的阐述,较为详细地论述了商务介绍与问候,迎送礼仪,宴请规则,谈判礼仪以及柬书礼仪,同时阐明了国际商务礼仪对于商务人员的重要意义。
Abstract
Nowadays different nations communicate frequently. Etiquette is becoming an important issue, which is not confined only in the domestic affairs. At the same time, the values vary from nations to nations, so does the practice of etiquette. There is not an acknowledged standard and it is only a set of established rules which are obeyed by all the people. Therefore, a business man should be famil
iar with all the protocols in all fields, such as politics, economics, and culture and military.
International business is no longer the privilege of the minority of people. More and more people prefer to go into business. In the era of human-oriented society, how to respect others and maintain one’s dignity becomes a challenge. International business etiquette is the basic knowledge which should be applied in the competition in the international business environment. .
This thesis gives a clear definition of commercial etiquette and systematically explains its contents, categorizations, features, principles, functions and practices. It illustrates the business introduction, greetings,welcoming guests, entertaining visitors, international business negotiation, practical business English writing in detail. It also shows the significance of the commercial etiquette.
INTRODUCTION
Business communication and business etiquette
In an era of globalization, understanding the basics of etiquette and protocol that is, the type of behavior that others expect of you in both informal and formal settings—is an important skill. It can instill an individual with confidence to handle almost any situation in any culture and allow a businessperson t concentrate on the deal at hand rather than worrying about such distractions as which fork to use or which hand to use for passing food. Without an understanding of the basics of etiquette and protocol, you risk coming off as a boorish Neanderthal. You may even put your company’s image at risk or risk potential failure in the formation of key business relationships that are vital to global s
uccess. Finally, a well-honed sense and appreciation of local customs etiquette and protocol can make you stand out in a competitive global market.
In order to comprehend the International Commercial Etiquette, we should find out the full contents of its activities.
Just as its name implies, the International Commerce indicates that there is only one purpose of commercial activities, that is, to realize, increase and convert the value. One sales its goods to the other to realize the market value of this production, at the same time, the value is increased in this process, therefore, the seller gains some profits, which will be conversed into the value form needed in the next commercial campaign, no matter it is cash, products or service, thus, makes preparation of the following commercial activity.
International Commercial is based on the approbation and reception of each other’s trade motivations between the bargainers. Especially nowadays, this kind of activity is an action in which both sides are voluntary and almost without any force to press on. Besides, this kind of commercial activity goes along under the condition of free trade all over the world. Therefore, in the atmosphere of international commerce, the traders have the same quality, (本文来自：WwW.xiaOCaofAnweN.Com 小草范文 网:商务礼仪有哪些英文)intent and environment, as well as three
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Increased globalization has been one of the most important developments in the
past decade. The Internet has been instrumental in accelerating the growth of business across borders. The ability to effectively conduct business with trading partners around the world is essential in the twenty-first century. Savvy companies view the development of international business etiquette and communication skills as a strategy to distinguish their company from competing firms. One business educator has cautioned, "Being closely attuned to the orientations of diverse trading partners is an increasingly important advantage in the highly competitive global marketplace, where only the very best thrive." Colleges and universities have responded to this need by integrating international perspectives into the curricula. Business schools in particular have worked to internationalize the curriculum, partially through the expansion of international business communication courses. Even student clubs have recognized the need for enhanced understanding of other cultures, sponsoring popular business etiquette dinners and workshops on global business protocol.
Proper etiquette in today’s business world goes well beyond basic table manners( they are, after all, a given in most cultures) and common courtesies (allowing an esteemed colleague or superior to precede you through a doorway, for example). Think of all the elements that go into making a first impression. The list is lengthy. There is your manner of dress, your professional appearance, the color of your dress or tie, your body language, handshake, posture, amount of eye contact on introduction, where you put your hands, how you accept a business card and how you present yours as well as the actual content of the card-and you haven’t even sat down to begin talks.
Regardless of the culture, proper etiquette means maintaining your own values while respecting those of others. It does not mean slavishly following the ritua