Which of the following situations best represents a negotiated culture, bridging cultural differences in a new business organization?
A) a French restaurant prohibits employees from speaking their native Polish at work
B) a Venezuelan oil company adopts M-time patterns in order to work with English distributors
C) a Japanese team and an American team compromise to make a 20-year business plan
D) a big-box distributor enforces American work standards in its new factory in Vietnam

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Negotiated culture involves compromises and discussions between different cultural groups to bridge the differences. In the given scenario, the Japanese and American teams compromising on a 20-year business plan represents a negotiated culture. The other options either restrict language or enforce one culture's norms, which do not represent negotiated culture.

Which of the Following Situations Best Represents a Negotiated Culture