由Jocelyn Eikenburg

想像做刑期-或更壞-正因為您與觸犯的黨有關。

如果您想要瞭解多遠集體主義在中國進來，比lianzuo看沒有進一步-或集體責任。 在中國的2,000年封建歷史中-從一直BC至少7世紀到20世紀的交接-人們由協會是有罪的。 即，如果您是血親親戚或接近的商務夥伴有罪，您會需要一個秋天與他們一起。 這 中國日報文章提到它作為有連貫性的家庭-和我們在現代感覺，二者之一不意味「停留」。

有趣的事是，責任在中國文化今天仍然有舉行的小組-，即使它被認為一少許不合理。

當證明一個原稿為我的丈夫的前研究生院顧問時，我被提醒了關於此。 他想審查集體和可表達的責任Piaget的想法與中國青少年，看他們的心理反應通過一定數量的困境。 他們中的一個包括一個情況，某人在類欺詐，老師發現了它，但沒人想坦白到他們的差錯，迫使老師懲罰整個類。

What was interesting was that, even though a majority of the adolescents considered collective punishment unjust, most showed a tendency to take responsibility for behavior in order to avoid punishment to the collective, and this tendency increased with age.

When you consider that Chinese culture emphasizes the group or family over the individual, it’s not surprising individuals would “sacrifice” for the good of the whole. Maintain the group harmony is a top priority. Plus, given that Confucianism stresses obedience to elders/leaders, it’s important to respect authority, even if the outcome is unpleasant.

From the authority’s point of view, it’s understandable they’d want to punish the entire lot. In China — even today as self-responsibility is gaining more popularity — people would, in general, rather not be the one in charge, but rather spread the responsibility around. It’s safer that way, right? As long as everyone holds a little responsibility, no one gets sacked from their job. If you’ve ever dealt with any bureaucracy, you know what I mean.

I think of the one time I almost “lost” my entire life savings in a snafu involving electronic bank transfers from one bank to another (not for the uninitiated, that’s for sure). I was caught in a ping-pong match between the banks as to who was not responsible for the mistake. Later on, I discovered it was a name input mistake — obviously an electronic, and not human, error.

Yeah, right.

Jocelyn Eikenburg, The Wu Way