Conclusion on the Obedience to Authority
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Conclusion
It is indeed factual that, obedience is vital and all human beings should practice in life. Obedience is vital to students, every individual and psychology scholars in that, it teaches an individual the need for respecting authority. As discussed in this paper, there are times when an individual act in obedience to thrill the authority without considering what he or she is obeying. For instance, a student abiding in order from the teacher to sell drugs shows how one follows rules from the high authority without questioning whether it is right. In this regard, Blass (2000) argue that, it is indispensable for everyone to understand the orders given from the higher authority before abiding to them. This is because, one may end up following unethical orders in the name of obeying the authority. In conjunction with this, it is vital for the management team in any given organization to explain the rules and regulations of an organization to the employees in addition, employees should better understand the rules of what she or he is obeying.
Ironically, this has not been the case; the society demands human beings to obey rules without questioning them. For example, despite the fact that; high schools in the United State give the students a chance to apply according to their interest for universities; the truth of the matter is, the education system demands all students to take a similar test. There has been continuous questioning of why such things occur. The answer toward this has been said to be;education system to inquire from the school along with the family whether students taking the same test is right. This will eliminate various problems that occur when students are forced to abide in rules that a time may not be favorable to them.
The paper has also discussed that, the high authority tend to make decisions without enquiring from the members that are expected to abide on those rules. It is vital noting that, this directly affects an organization or else company work performance. As discussed, it causes potential loss in that, employees might feel offended trying to obey the authority to the point of harming himself. With this regard, it fundamental for managers to understand the employees in order to build their confidence in obeying authority which-releases the psychology pressure and; as a result, enhances improvement in terms of work performance.
Having discussed this, the world has been affected by the approach of obeying authority. It is borne in mind, authority posses a certain power; which if not respected it leads to chastisement. As a result, many people end up obeying rules to escape from punishment. Actually, it becomes unrealistic to question the authority on understanding the rules well. From Milgram experiment, we can conclude that, there are many factors considered when obeying the authority. For instance, from the experiment; findings highlight that, to be termed respectable one requires to understand the likelihood of obedience and judge if they are able to obey rules. For instance, the US culture is more towards individualism; Asians are known to have a higher possibility towards obedience and for that reason, it is considered paramount important for everyone around them. With this in mind, it fundamental to understand the extent we can adjust to be acceptable to our society by doing what is right. In this regard, the paper has sought to examine in details, obedience to authority.
References
Blass, T. (2000). Obedience to authority: current perspectives on the Milgram paradigm.
New Jersey, NJ: Taylor and Francis
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