Business Etiquette In Italy

Introduction. Business etiquette in italy. Greetings. Addressing a person. Business meetings. Business meals. Conversation. Regions. Working hours, holidays. Smoking. Gifts. Punctuality. Business dress code. Bribery and corruption. Conclusions. References.

Cultural achievement is Italy's greatest source of pride. Inventiveness, imagination, intelligence and education are prized. Personal relations are scrupulously maintained with loyalty highly valued, especially in families. The family is the most important affiliation in Italy. Italians are open, curious and tolerant of others’ uniqueness and manners. They will tolerate lateness, inefficiency and sincere mistakes, but dislike arrogance and rudeness. Italians enjoy a lot of good humor and can be self-deprecating. Establish personal relationships with Italians. Italians like to deal with people they know and trust. They also tend to believe that work should not be a burden or taken too seriously.