This document discusses culture and Hofstede's cultural dimensions. It defines culture as the human-made part of the environment, including material elements like food and tools, as well as subjective elements like shared ways of thinking. It also defines culture as the behaviors, beliefs, and symbols shared by a group and passed down over generations. The document then lists 10 cultural values identified by Hofstede and briefly introduces his five cultural dimensions of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism vs collectivism, short vs long term orientation, and high vs low context cultures.