INDIVIDUAL

CULTURE
AND ETHICS
Presenting you by:
‘Viswanathan NatarajaSivam’.
M.B.A -1st Year, D.A.C.E
 1. ‘Ethics’ is a phenomenon which fully deals with
what is right and what is wrong in the human
behaviour.

WHAT IS 2. It may be also explained as ‘What is morally

accepted and not accepted.
‘ETHICS’ ? 3. It is a set of self oriented mindset on what we
are doing.
4. In Tamil, it is known as ‘வாழ்வியல்
நெறிமுறைகள்’.
‘CULTURE’ - D E F I N I T I O N
• ‘CULTURE’ may be defined as,”The ideologies, beleifs, traditional
practices which are existing from the past of a particular race, region or a
group of people.
• Culture contains the elements like languge, relegion, topography, dress,
food, festival, music, art, literature, dance, architecture and lot more.
• Each region in the globe has it’s own unique and special culture.
• Each culture differs from another
• For example: Indian culture is entirely different from Chinese and African
cultures. Even, India is having it’s many different cultures.
VARIATION IN CULTURE
Indian Culture Chinese Culture

Vs.
IMPACTS OF CULTURE IN AN
INDIVIDUAL
• As earlier said, each group of people is having their own unique culture.
• In a common evironment, people from different cultures will have to act
together.
• For example: People from both Japan and The U.S.A will travel in the same
flight between Tokyo and New York City.
• During that situation, people wont lose their culture.
• People consider culture as their identity.
• So, proudly they will express their own culture.
• People will aslo want to respect and value other’s culture.
 CULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION
1. Western people will eat food in the spoon. They will hesitate to eat food
in bare hand.
2. While, we Indians will mostly eat food only in the bare hand and also
sometimes in banana leaf.
3. Ancient Egyptians had respected the Cats as like a god.
4. South Indian food is mostly concentrated on Rice where as, North
Indian food is mostly focused on Wheat.
IMPACTS OF ETHICS IN AN INDIVIDUAL
• Each individual was imapcted by the ethics which they brought up from
their childhood.
• Ethics doesn’t comes in a day.
• A person’s character and attitude is based on the ethics they are following.
• Everyone doesn’t has the same ethics
• Ethics differs from man to man.
• Some people will adopt new ethics based on the situation and
environment.
BASIC ETHICS FOR ALL
1. Welcoming others
2. Smiling face
3. Being nice to people
4. Helping others
5. Bold and confident conversation
6. Dressing well
7. Not backbiting
8. Listening and giving space while speaking
9. Respecting everyone
10. Respecting their opinion
11. Being honest

Apart from these, each and everyone will have their own moral ethics
with themselves.
CLOSURE
• As every people is having their culture and ethics, it is their duty to
follow those in proper way and also by not disturbing or hurting others in
both physically and mentally.
• How our own culture and ethics are great for us, like the same other’s
culture and ethics are great for them.
• We shouldn’t interfere in other’s culture and ethics.
• Everyone has to let others to follow their ethics and culture.