In one of my Values Education class, we once discussed a topic about workplace values. My professor said, international companies that are here in the Philippines have one policy that some local companies don’t have. It is about receiving gifts at the office. Then I realized that in some Asian custom, there is nothing wrong with giving a gift to an official who has been particularly helpful to a certain person. But in Western cultures, such an act would be a bribe.
Mystified, I
searched about this in the internet. I looked through many articles
but commentary of Frank J. Narvan some how answered my questions. His
work, Defining
Values, Morals, and Ethics, discussed the relationships of the
three and how they differ in different places. He pointed out that
the basis of values is the fundamental belief that a certain place
has. Just like values as the root of morals. Having these two can
enable us to make a standard in evaluating ethics. He even said that,
“And of course we have ethical dilemmas, where the choice is not
between what we believe to be right and what we believe to be wrong,
but between competing rights.,”. We must be open-minded every time,
for we meet different people everyday. As we do this, we practice
learning. It is a life-time process so we must not settle for the
knowledge that we have, for we don’t know what is truly right.
Knowing many things will enable us to see things in different
perspectives. I discern that it will help us greatly in deciding our
standards and stand.
Values
differ. It might be alright for some but not with others. Therefore,
knowledge is the key in understanding things like the differences we
all have. Because in this way we will know how to respect others.
Don’t stop learning. Don’t be fool and don’t stay fool.
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