SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes -Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Groupthink, Oligarchy
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Chapter six: sociology: networks, groups, bureaucracies and societies. The holocaust and how every german hated the jews. How social groups shape our actions: norms of solidarity demand conformity. When we form relationships with friends, spouses, etc. we develop shared ideas or norms of solidarity about how we should behave toward them to sustain the relationships. Because these relationships are emotionally important to us, we sometimes pay more attention to norms of solidarity than to the morality of our actions. Example: a study of nazis who roamed the polish countryside to shoot and kill jews and other enemies of nazi germany found that the soldiers often did not hate the people they systematically slaughtered. They felt they had to get their assigned job done or face letting down their comrades. They committed atrocities because they wanted to maintain group morale, solidarity and loyalty.
