Jenny is the project manager of a small web design firm. She identifies with Christian and American cultures. Working alone, Jenny created the work flow calendar for the next six month, carefully including days off for Easter and the Fourth of July
Rajiv, one of the firm's new designers who practices Islam, was disappointed to see that Jenny scheduled a huge project in late June during one of his important cultural holidays, Ramadan. When Jenny was designing the work calendar, she was using
a. Multicultural sensitivity
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Altruism
d. Cultural competence
B
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True False