Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,1, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), language: English, abstract: Migration is not a temporary fashion. For thousands of years people have left theirnative country to build a new existence. But there are different reasons like economical,societal or political factors. Most people tried to find their self-determination, but therewere stampedes due to wars or natural catastrophes, too. (cf. Karl Kubel Stiftung 2006)Pierre Eliot Trudeau, the former Canadian prime minister, said that the power of acountry is not only about military or economy but also about liberality and openmindedness. But after the attack of the World Trade Centre in 2001 by Islamicterrorists, an antipathy against foreigners emerged in many countries. The fear ofdifferent cultures in the own country pushes the care about the national engagement andthe loyalty between the population. In industrial countries migrants are often shown as alower-level community which wants to profit from the better social system. But itshould be noted that in most countries the migration and integration policies do not playan important role. (cf. Heinrich Boll Stiftung 2006)But in a slow process the picture of migrants will be changed. More and more migrantscan be found in higher positions in economy or politics. For example Philipp Rosler hasVietnamese roots and is the leader of the German party FDP. Another very importantchange will take place in the CEO position of the Deutsche Bank AG. Anshu Jain withan Indian background will replace Josef Ackermann and so the most significant bank ofGermany will be led by a foreigner. This change causes a lifting of the community ofmigrants. Migrants do not only stress the societal system of industrial countries, nowthey want to replace natives in the higher society. (cf. Ljoma Mangold 2011)These problems show that the principle of multiculturalism in industrial countriesinvolves a high potential for conflicts. Some industrial countries try to find politicalsolutions to handle the migration problem and the problem of different cultures in onecountry. But it is not easy due to incompatibleness between the behaviour of differentcultures. Others are the ideas of man or social, right and financial perceptions of thenative country on the one hand and the foreign cultures on the other hand.
