Is this a cultural problem where some areas of the world tend to defer to authority even in the face of obvious error on the part of the authority? In this case

Is this a cultural problem where some areas of the world tend to defer to authority even in the face of obvious error on the part of the authority? In this case the flight computer? I thought this was solved by training none-western pilots, in particular co-pilots, to be empowered to challenge decisions by another pilot instead of just doing nothing.