Cultural Norms, Values, and Beliefs
Culture also plays a significant role in how groups develop their values and belief systems. Culture has a lasting impact on how people think and perceive situations. Think about when you and someone different culture looked at the same situation but perceived it differently. How might that apply to a business setting? Read this page, which describes how values differ worldwide and how they are influenced by culture.
Glossary
- beliefs:
- tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
- ideal culture:
- the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to
- real culture:
- the way society really is based on what actually occurs and exists
- sanctions:
- a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors
- social control:
- a way to encourage conformity to cultural norms
- values:
- a culture's standard for discerning what is good and just in society