Importance of values within the intercultural communicative competence (ICC)

Abstract

This document analyses and studies the relation between the importance of ethical values and the application of them, by referring to them as essential elements into the cultural diversity, and also taking into account that within intercultural communicative competence exist several skills. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to show how values affects the cultural exchange in different sociocultural issues. It is relevant to mention some basics concepts as a culture, interculturality and stereotypes to make sense through the whole text. The main topic and the related ideas will be based on referenced studies from several authors to support the bigger concepts and link the theories to those concepts, then showing the importance to introduce, manage and apply the values through interculturality.