Gratuitous concurrence is the practice of saying yes

Gratuitous concurrence is the practice of saying yes, going along with something even if you don’t understand or don’t
agree. Think of times when you have done this or times when someone has responded to you by doing this. Gratuitous
concurrence is offen used as a face-saving strategy.

(2) Why would face-saving be needed in your examples?

(b) Whose face was threatened? Why?

(©) Did the gratuitous concurrence have the desired effect?

(4) Were there any costs involved in using this strategy?

Part 2

‘The strategy can be used on a wider scale, such as in protecting the reputation of brands. What concrete examples of
this corporate-level strategy can you think of? Describe the threat, the reaction, and the costs of saving face at this level
‘What examples can you think of when it comes to successful and unsuccessful face-saving?

there is no exact word count for the initial post and responses, just 1 page in total, the classmates’ posts will be
provided after the initial post is done