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Contents of Module 4: Patriotism and

National Pride
• Sense of Pride & Patriotism
• Importance of discipline & hard work
• Integrity & Accountability
• Test on Nationalism & Patriotism

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Patriotism
Patriotism means devoted love, support, and defense of one’s
country; national loyalty. To take pride in what we have
accomplished in our own country.

Stephen Nathanson (1993, 34–35) defines patriotism as involving:

1. Special affection for one's own country.
2. A sense of personal identification with the country.
3. Special concern for the well-being of the country.
4. Willingness to sacrifice to promote the country's good.

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person
• A patriotic citizen is more or less like the
conscious citizen, he/she wants to know
what is happening in the country and they
show their love by wanting to change the
bad things about the country. A patriotic
citizen will look at the bigger picture and
give up his/her individual interests for the
interest of the country.

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• Aware of the rights and the duties – A

patriotic citizen is the one who doesn’t take
undue advantage of his/her rights and makes
sure that he fulfills his duties. A patriotic person
is also aware that anything that goes wrong
between the balance of the rights and duties of
the citizen can disturb the equilibrium of the
freedom of the citizens of the country and that is
the last thing a conscious citizen would want to
do.

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• Fight for a better nation – Fighting for a better

nation doesn’t mean getting involved in a brawl
with the other citizens, it simply means
acknowledging that like every other developing
country, India has a lot of drawbacks too and it is
the responsibility of the citizens to do away with
them. Hence, a patriotic citizen will voice his
opinions on the wrong doings that happen in the
country and about the things that are unjust, only
to free the country from any sort of injustice.

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• A zeal to make the country better – There are

constant efforts made by the patriotic citizen to
make the country better. It could be in terms of
career decisions, social work, spreading
awareness or even helping in saving the
resources. A conscious citizen is not the one
who looks over at other people to take the first
step, he/she is most of the times the one who
takes the initiative to take the task ahead.

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• Undue advantage of the privileges – A patriotic

citizen will think of it as wrong to take undue
advantage of his/her position in the society. This
could be in terms of VIP culture, or general rights.
One would always want things that he/she will get
naturally and never go out of the way to get
special benefits. The understanding that the rest
of the population will suffer because of this
behavior will come naturally to a patriotic citizen
and thus, he would clearly define his principles.

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• A patriotic citizen is not somebody who is extraordinary,

he/she is a normal citizen who chooses to behave in the
most righteous manner. It may be difficult in today’s
world to be ethical, but it is not impossible. And a
conscious citizen will do whatever is in his/her capacity
to make the ethical way seem like the right way.
Patriotism is contagious and will often affect people
around and this is the best way in which these conscious
citizens help their country, by telling other people that the
country is theirs too and they need to contribute to make
it better.

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Nationalism Vs Patriotism

• There is a distinct difference between

nationalism and patriotism.
• Patriotism is love for ones country, but accepting
that it has its faults,
• Nationalism on the other hand is the love of
ones nation above everything, even our own
humanity, above morality, and sometimes above
common sense.

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• Patriotism is an emotional attachment to
a nation which an individual recognizes as
their homeland

• Nationalism is to give more importance to

unity by way of a cultural background,
including language and heritage.
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• Patriotism enables people to understand

both the shortcomings and make efforts in
doing improvements.

• Nationalism makes one to think only of

one’s country’s virtues and not its
deficiencies
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• Patriotism enables people to understand

both the shortcomings and make efforts in
doing improvements.

• Nationalism makes one to think only of

one’s country’s virtues and not its
deficiencies
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• Nationalism is valuing loyalty towards

one’s own country.

• Patriotism is valuing Responsibilities &

taking Initiatives for the development of
the country
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• The practice of training people to obey

rules or a code of behavior, using
punishment to correct disobedience.

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• Discipline refers to systematic instruction given

to a disciple.
• To discipline thus means to instruct a person to
follow a particular code of conduct "order."
Usually, the phrase 'to discipline' carries a
negative connotation. This is because
enforcement of order - that is, ensuring
instructions are carried out - is often regulated
through punishment.

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Types of Discipline
• Self-discipline refers to the training that
one gives one's self to accomplish a
certain task or to adopt a particular pattern
of behaviour, even though one would
really rather be doing something else.

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• Task Discipline. Task discipline is a measure of

how well you meet the challenges of your job. Task
discipline requires that you have a strong sense of
responsibility to do your job to the best of your ability.
• Group Discipline. Group discipline means
teamwork.
• Imposed Discipline. Imposed discipline is the enforced
obedience to legal orders and regulations.

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Methods of discipline
• Positive Reinforcement and Negative Reinforcement

• Positive reinforcement is about preventing misbehavior

by praising the desirable behavior. Example: Bonuses,
promotions, good grades, and scholarships.
• Negative reinforcement is devised to guide a person to
the appropriate action in order to avoid the unwanted
consequence. With negative reinforcement, behavior is
increased

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Approach to hard work

 Hard Work : A great deal of effort or endurance.

 “Hard work” is work that is challenging. Both

hard work and “working hard” (i.e. putting the
time & consistent efforts in right direction are
required to get the job done) are required for
success.

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Virtues of Integrity & Accountability

• Integrity means being honest with yourself.
• Actions + Beliefs + Values = Integrity
• Integrity may be seen as the quality of having a
sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to
the motivations for one's actions.
• Integrity is "the basing of one's actions on an
internally consistent framework of principles."
This means that living with integrity ensures that
everything you do and believe is "based on the
same core set of values."

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• Integrity means following your moral or

ethical convictions and doing the right
thing in all circumstances, even if no one
is watching you. Having integrity means
you are true to yourself and would do
nothing that demeans or dishonors you.

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• Integrity means doing what you say you'll do

when you say you'll do it.
Example Statement
• if you cannot guarantee something for a
customer then do not make them a promise.
• If you do happen to make a commitment you
cannot keep, let your customer know as soon as
possible. Do not wait until the due date/time, it
just erodes your credibility further.

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• An example of integrity is when a

customer realizes that a cashier forgot to
scan an item and takes it back to the store
to pay for it. Behaving with Integrity means
doing the morally and ethically right thing
at all times.

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Key components of integrity

The key components of integrity are:
• Honesty and congruency

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• "Accountability" stems from late Latin accomptare (to

account),
• Accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of
responsibility for actions, decisions, and policies
including the administration, governance, and
implementation within the scope of the role or
employment position and encompassing the obligation to
report, explain and be answerable for resulting
consequences.

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• The employee accountability definition is the

responsibility of employees to complete the tasks they
are assigned, to perform the duties required by their job,
and to be present for their proper shifts in order to fulfill
or further the goals of the organization. If tasks are not
completed and functions of the job are not performed
properly, then that employee will also be responsible for
dealing with the repercussions.

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Types of accountability
• Moral
• Administrative
• Political
• Managerial
• Market
• Legal/judicial
• Professional
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Accountability":
1.Set Clearly Defined Results

• The first step towards creating a culture of accountability is to define

clear results within your organization. Whether it's a sales figure, a
specified delivery period for your product or a minimum return on
investment, make sure you define the goal. Then make it clear to all
your managers and employees from the bottom to the top ranks.
Everyone must know what they're working for and how their job
pushes the company forward. Next, management must generate
joint accountability for results. In an environment of joint
accountability, it is impossible for anyone even to think, let alone say,
that he has done his job if the team has not achieved its targeted
result.

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2.Achieve Results, Rather Than Do the Job

• How many times have you heard a leader in real life or fiction demand: "I
don't care how you do it. Just get it done!" Many times, organization charts
and job descriptions push people into boxes. They give people the idea that
they are getting paid and using their skills to perform a defined function or
set of tasks. This task-oriented mindset leads people to believe that if they
perform their functions they've done what they're supposed to do, whether
or not the result was achieved. Effective leaders operate on the premise that
their people must focus on achieving results. They lead people beyond the
boundaries of their jobs and inspire them to pursue results by creating an
environment that motivates them to ask, "What else can I do?" over and
over until the results are achieved. They manage their people so that their
"job" is to achieve results. Each person's daily activities must be in
alignment with the targeted results.

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3.Accountability for the Future

• Only when you assume full accountability for your thoughts, feelings,
actions, and results can you direct your own destiny; otherwise, someone or
something else will. The real value and benefit of accountability stems from
the ability to influence events and outcomes before they happen. The
customary view of accountability fails to recognize that people can gain
more from a proactive posture than from a reactive one. This new view of
accountability can help revitalize the business character, strengthen global
competitiveness, heighten innovation, improve the quality of products and
services produced by companies worldwide and increase the
responsiveness of organizations to the needs and wants of customers and
constituents.

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Patriotism
Select & Arrange the statements of
Nationalism & Patriotism
•Hoisting of a National Flag & singing a
National Anthem on a National Day
•The waving of flags and passionate anthem
singing on any day when u feel happy

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• The great outpouring of support by citizens

of a nation for their athletes in the
Olympics
• The Satyagraha against the salt tax
continued for almost a year, in which over
80,000 Indians were jailed.
• Protecting the National Monuments
– ( Protecting Taj mahal from declourisation)
• Protecting any Monument of our Country

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• Make in India Initiative by Narendra Modi

• Favour home products
• Protect our borders
• Protect our security data
• Sacrificing Life for the welfare of the
country

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