Assignment 5: Considering the Impact of Cultural Values on Social Issues

Assignment 5: Considering the Impact of Cultural Values on Social Issues

Introduction

In today's modern world the significance of cultural and traditional values has gained more importance than ever. Now, the world has become a global village. Therefore, the need to retain and promote culture and tradition has augmented as well. The cultural and traditional values of a society give it an identity of its own. In past, we have observed that societies who haven't protected and extended their culture and tradition have disappeared in time. If we accept that culture is every manifestation of human creativity, we can assume that cultural values are formed by the compendium of concepts, beliefs and activities that enable humans to communicate and be competitive in the society where it operates, because of their identification with those provisions. In short, the values are for those who adopt them as a way of life, without acceptance there is no value (Harvey, 2002).

Personality and value have been considered significant indicators in predicting personal behavior. Generally speaking, the term culture consists of the following factors: traditional values, beliefs, ideas, customs, skills, arts, and language of a specific group in a given period. Thus, cross-cultural studies are concentrated in the difference of those factors in relation to laws, and economic and political frameworks. A social structure that portrays individualism has social networks loosely tied. Individualism is a system in which people prefer to take care of themselves and their matters on their own. People belong to this system are less likely to depend on others to make decisions. Those countries who embrace the belief of individualism belief, such employees or workers are willing to make their own decisions and they expect a promotion on the basis of market value. On the contrary, collectivism is a system, in which people tend to rely on their groups and communities. Employees of such countries, experience less autonomy and they expect promotions on the basis of seniority.

Discussion

Culture is the set of all forms, models or patterns, explicit or implicit, through which a society governs the behavior of individuals within it. As such it includes customs, practices, codes, standards and rules of the manner, dress, religion, rituals, and norms of behavior and belief systems. From another point of view we can say that culture is all the information and skills that humans possess. The concept of culture is fundamental to the disciplines that are responsible for the study of society, especially anthropology and sociology (Diller, 2011).

In examining culture differences, studies usually select firms as a sample, rather than public institutions. One of the active frontline social components is healthcare staff. Practically, healthcare staffs, such as doctors and nurses, have a responsibility to serve the public welfare; they diverge from country to country due to their social security, educational background, and national culture versus globalization. First, social security for the healthcare staff is very poor in Mongolia compared to the ...