Week 3- Culture and Ethics Flashcards
The branch of philosophy concerned with conduct and character
-The systematic study of the principles and methods for distinguishing what is right or wrong and good or bad.
-Deals with the question of how people ought to act, and with the search for a definition of right conduct and good life
-Derived from the Greek “ethos” – custom or habit
ethics
complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, laws, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by an individual as a member of society. – British anthropologist Edward B. Taylor
-A set of common values, norms, beliefs, and ideas shared by members of the same group. – Daft
Can be considered as the sum total of human knowledge and the acquired behaviors of humans.
Culture
characteristics of culture
1.Culture is shared and transmitted.
2.Culture is learned and acquired
3.Culture is a social phenomenon
4.Culture gratifies human needs
5.Culture is dynamic
6.Culture is integrated
Culture is shared and transmitted
Culture is a collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group of people from another. – Geert Hofstede
•Culture is transmitted by means of ideas.
•Acquired learning is passed through language and other symbolic means of communication.
Culture is learned and acquired
Not all things shared generally by people in a particular group are cultural.
•Culture is not automatic
•It is acquired through experiences.
Culture is a social phenomenon
Cultural practices and beliefs are shaped through the interaction of individuals living in the same social environment
Culture is social due to the natural tendency of human to be social, whether voluntary or not.
Culture gratifies human needs
Pattern of culture exist and persist because they continue to satisfy human needs.
Culture is dynamic
is dynamic and not static.
It changes over time (through discoveries, inventions, and cultural adoption)
Culture is integrated
It is not random
The components of culture (attitudes, values, ideals, moral norms) are integrated into a whole system for individuals in the same social environment to share.
Tendency to perceive and judge others according to one’s cultural standards.
Example: one who is not exposed to the Filipino cultural habit of using one’s bare hands when eating may see it as unhygienic.
Ethnocentrism
Tendency to value other cultures more highly than one’s own.
Ex: Colonial mentality
Xenocentrism
The cultural ideals, values, and practices of a country influence the
Culture of an organization.
•The knowledge and values of the society to which the founder, leaders, and members belong, are adapted and become the heart and soul of the organization.
National Culture and Ethics
