Unity of Cultures
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Yes
or no? Agree or disagree? True or false? How do come up with your
decisions? What things do you consider? Most of the time deciding is
difficult. As people become open minded now in different things, many
things must consider. In a bit, people nowadays know the theory of
relativism. It means a view that ethical truths depend on the
individuals and groups holding them. Since then, many people’s
point of view in everything becomes relative on everything, including
how to consider corruption.
As
I search for articles in the web, I saw a work of
John Hooker entitled,”
A Cross-Cultural View of Corruption”.
He affirms that corruption is to complex to define and consider.
Although we live in the same planet, it is too big for us to have
same beliefs and for us to have same things to value. So here, he
offered to make a standard in considering corruption in a certain
place. His analyzation was further explained in the subtopics he
gave. The subtopics are: Relationships vs. Rules, When Norms Differ
and When Norms are Violated. For the first subtopic, he explained
that west has rule-base culture while east has relationship-base
culture. Moreover, westerners trust the system while the easterners
trust more their family. Next, the second subtopic explains that
what is corrupt in west may be
acceptable elsewhere and what is acceptable in west may be corrupt
elsewhere. Then the third and last is clarifying that as people from
west base on rules and the people from east base on relationship,
westerners respect rules as they respect the people around them and
while for easterners, the small voice inside everyone is much
important. Rules and conscience guide the people on their daily
living. Lastly at the end, he stated what he truly believes in as he
said,” Cultures with very
different values have coexisted alongside one another for eons, often
in a peaceful and mutually beneficial way. Rather than fight
corruption by trying to standardize behavior worldwide, it seems best
to allow each cultural system to evolve organically in its own
direction and work out its own problems, with enough interaction to
exchange goods and ideas, but not so much as to create interference
and dysfunction. Cultural diversity, no less than ecological
diversity, is good for the planet.” I
strongly agree on his statement because I believe that easterners and
westerners cannot solve the problems in their country regarding
corruption if all of us continue the endless talk about corruption.
Besides I know that knowing the culture of a certain place is where
we can find the solutions of our problems.
We
are all very different with each other but we can help each other to
know more. Knowing who we are; knowing our strengths and weaknesses
could help us think how we will fight to he battle we face everyday.
By knowing ourselves, it could take us to our victory.
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