Steven Petersen, from Hoboken, New Jersey, is very conscious of his behavior as he greets prospective Japanese clients at a local Tokyo restaurant. Although he invites his guests to drink sake, he abstains from drinking. He perceives his abstention to be permissible in Japanese society because drinking sake would be considered to be a cultural for foreign guests.

Explanation:

Cultural imperatives, cultural electives, and cultural exclusives are the groups of business custom that corporate people should be aware of when doing business in another country.

Cultural imperatives are the business customs and expectations that must be met and conformed to or avoided if relationships are to be successful.  All refer to friendship, human relations, or attaining a level of trust.

They also know there is no substitute for establishing friendship in some cultures before effective business negotiations can begin.

It is necessary for foreign companies to adapt to cultural differences with Cultural Imperatives, Electives and Exclusives.

the answer is

a) revise existing treaties

b) do away with political alliances

c) prevent the spread of communism

d) bring an end to european colonization

the main goal of the southeast asia treaty organization was to prevent the spread of communism in southeast asia.

your answer should be c, it seems to be the only one that makes sense. mark me branliest : )