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Why Is Ubuntu Important

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The quality of being kind to another human being simply because you think the person deserves respect and honour the exact same way as you do. Ubuntu is an act which should have no boundaries to all humans in spite of race, religion or social background. It should possess unwavering power to destroy any social division brought about by people’s views or opinions on certain beings. Ubuntu should leave one gratified of being part of the ‘human race’.
Ubuntu is an art of being human. It is based on the primary values of intense humanness, caring, sharing, respect, compassion, and associated values, ensuring a happy and qualitative human community life in the spirit of family (Broodryk, 2002, p56)
All the people who are in leadership positions indeed need to show Ubuntu as Ubuntu should fight off any power or social differences. Ubuntu creates a friendly and pleasing environment in the workplace. It makes employees not to feel inferior to their superiors. It fuels success in all professions.
I would advise Ralph and Jack to implement the value of Ubuntu to improve their leadership styles. Firstly Ralph did not practise Ubuntu …show more content…

William Golding demonstrates in this novel that our ability to behave peacefully and be civilized are not a part of human nature and that, moral and societal constraints are learned rather than innate, he believes that human beings are all in fact savages controlled by our aggressive instincts. Jack should have showed unity and obeyed Ralph’s rules as a leader and work together to get rescued, instead of breaking apart and becoming enemies. Leadership should be determined by internal abilities such as skills and knowledge like in Ralph and not by the physical appearance of human

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