Locate the five cultural dimensions for your country in the textbook on pages 167 and 168 or use the link below. Provide the index value for each dimension and describe in own words what each index means about the culture of your country. (Read first what higher indexes and lower indexes mean for each dimension to interpret them correctly.)

https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/

F. Using the link above COMPARE your country Hofstede indexes to United States Indexes. How is your country different from the US culturally based on the comparison?

G. Impact of country culture on COVID

Read how well your adopted country is managing the pandemic. Based on Hofstede theory, does their culture assist or work against group behavioral cooperation and obeying of authority during a pandemic? How?

2e. Host Country Level of Corruption

Use the link below to consult Transparency International to locate your country and its corruption rating.

Transparency International 2019

https://www.transparency.org/cpi2019

A. Provide your country corruption rating.

B. Is the rating high or low?

C. Is the country corruption rating improving or declining?

D. What do you think this says about the level of corruption in your country?

Extra Credit:

E. Is your country more corrupt than the USA? How?