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From the choices below which ones did IKEA encountered a conflict between these?
a. Sweden’s use of the metric system and Saudi Arabia’s use of the U.S. system of weights and measures
b. Fair employment practices of Sweden and Saudi Arabia
c. IKEA’s use of assembly manuals with no words and Saudi Arabia’s legal requirement for instructions in Arabic
d. The different cultures of Saudi Arabia and Sweden
The answer is d. i.e. The different cultures of Saudi Arabia and Sweden.
Explanation:
Ikea, the global furniture organization, has apologized for erasing pictures of women from the variant of its catalog coursing in Saudi Arabia.
The issue was featured on Monday by the free paper, Metro, which analyzed the Swedish and Saudi variants of the catalog and indicated that women had been enhanced with Photoshop out of in any case indistinguishable pictures displaying the organization's items. Ikea's Saudi catalog, which is likewise accessible on the web, looks equivalent to different versions of the distribution, aside from the nonattendance of women.
One picture shows a family obviously preparing for bed, with a little fellow brushing his teeth in the restroom. In any case, a pajama-clad lady remaining by the kid is absent from the Saudi rendition. Another image of five women feasting has been expelled in the Saudi release.
Ikea discharged an announcement communicating lament over the issue, saying: "We ought to have responded and understood that barring women from the Saudi Arabian rendition of the catalog is in conflict with the Ikea Group esteems."