SOC-FPX1150 Assignment 6-2 The Story of You

The Story of You

Globalization has led to multicultural societies that require different ethical and cultural perspectives to solve emerging social and business issues. The new trends force organizations to embrace cultural diversity. The primary objective is to maintain a competitive advantage and increase productivity by focusing on building relationships, social responsibility, and helping societies to solve problems. The three sociological concepts addressed in this paper are culture, norms, and values. The three support efforts to fulfill personal and professional aspirations.

Culture

Culture consists of beliefs, objects, behaviors, and other aspects that people from a particular society or group share. The concept influences professional and personal lives by shaping relationships, challenging and maintaining social order and shaping daily actions and experiences. Culture also determines how one makes sense of the world and their role in it (Andersen & Taylor, 2020). Understanding cultural diversity helps individuals develop meaningful relationships in their workplace, community, and other settings. In this sense, one understands behavior and implications on relationship with others. The aim is to make interactions very effective in enabling individuals to solve problems. My experience with culture is when I was part of a group activity that comprised individuals from different ethnicities. At the time, I had to acknowledge differences in how we communicated by accommodating my colleagues regardless of the differences in opinions.

Norms

Norms refer to agreed-upon rules and expectations that guide the behavior of members of a group in all situations and experiences (Andersen & Taylor, 2020). I believe norms act as guidelines that shape our behavior and reactions in different situations. At the workplace, norms are agreed mindsets and behaviors that focus on attaining a specific work culture, such as teamwork and collaboration. Therefore, norms develop a framework for addressing behaviors or perspectives that might be distracting from the goals and objectives of the group. An example of an experience involving norms entails organizational emphasis on individual and collective attitudes and behaviors for preventing patient falls. This way, everyone adheres to rules requiring them to report risks and hazards within the workplace that could trigger falls and injuries.