BUS 347 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Habitants, Sanctification, Social Code
10 Oct 2018
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Culture: the values, ethics, rituals, traditions, material objects, and services produced or valued by the members of a society. The accumulation of shared meanings, rituals, norms, and traditions. A consumer"s culture can help determine overall priorities and activities. Learned or transmitted culture going to the toilet is socially acceptable. Tend to be learned and taught over generations. Evolution has taught you to like sweet tastes. A cultural system consists of three functional areas. Ecology: the way which a system is adapted to its habitant. (japan values products that are designed for efficient space) Social structure: the way in which orderly social life is maintained. Ideology (or ethos): mental characteristics of a people and the way in which the relate to their environment and social groups/ Set of meanings that tend to justify an unjust status quo ideology implicit assumed beliefs. Ethos: set of moral and aesthetic principles. Values: general ideas about good and bad goals.
