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    leadership one of the major keys of developing good customer service and employee satisfaction. Considering obedience defines whether we obey or disobey the authority, many individuals today have no choice but to obey. Leaders of businesses are far along being autocratic to their leadership style instead of democratic. Individuals feel afraid and feel like slaves to the higher ranked authority that has all the power and control. Employee’s feel like slaves because they feel like they do not get a choice

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    Stanley Milgram (1963) Experiment: Focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. Investigate: Whether Germans were particularly obedient to authority figures as this was a common explanation for the Nazi killings in World War II. Milgram selected participants for his experiment by advertising for male participants to take part in a study of learning at Yale University.  The procedure was

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    Studying obedience to authority most often reveals human nature repugnantly; however, it teaches society individual capability and, thus, it can prevent unethical actions. In the film, A Few Good Men, Col. Nathan R. Jessup, the commanding officer at Guantanamo Bay Cuba orders a “code red” – an unsanctioned disciplinary action against Pfc. William T. Santiago. Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson and Pfc. Louden Downey, two U.S. Marines, are the fellow platoon members that implement the code red, and Lt. Daniel

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    child is born the principle of obedience is ingrained in them. They quickly learn to follow authorities such as their parents, the law, and teachers. They understand that obedience is rewarded and disobedience is punished. Children naturally act selfishly; if obedience benefits them, they will comply. A child’s obedience is easy to understand, but why do we find adults who consistently yield to authority when it may bring harm to themselves or others? Why is obedience such a fundamental part of our

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    to and obey authority were explored by Milgram; in order to study the effects of authority on the levels of obedience observed wherein subjects were instructed to direct an electroshock with varying degrees, only to find the majority of subjects continued to obey the authority even at high levels of voltage shocks. From his tests, Milgram extracted some factors that could increase or decrease the levels of obedience observed. Some of which include, the physical proximity of the authority to the participant

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    How far would someone go to obey an authority figure? On too many occasions in our history, people have gone to great lengths to simply obey someone who shows some sort of power over us. A specific example in world history was the millions of people that were killed by the Nazis in Germany. The real question is, what made people obey Hitler? Germany was in a bad state after the depression and for some, Hitler provided stability. Many just wanted someone to give them direction. What is really scary

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    What Does Freedom Mean

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    Obedience 18. “Freedom involves trust and obedience in a relationship of love.” (Page 134,135) Expand upon this concept, and share your thoughts on what the statement means. I struggle to fathom this concept, as I have been wrestling with how to accurately answer this question. Freedom: “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” Obedience: “compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.” These words contradict each

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    Crimes of Obedience Katelynn M. Priest University of Arkansas- Fort Smith   Obedience is a facet of every society, it helps structure social life and maintain social order. However, there are instances where obedience can become destructive, as is the case when crimes of obedience are committed. Crimes of obedience can be most closely identified with war crimes or even to some extent torture. Many of the people who commit crimes of obedience, or who participate in torture may seem like normal people

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    Obedience is an act of faith; Disobedience is the result of unbelief. Obeying to a higher authority shows that someone has faith in the judgment of the one giving the orders, while it is the result of unbelief when someone disobeys against the word of those who are higher in authority. In some cases it is necessary to obey to the orders one is given, but in life there is always the tough decision one must come to, whether to obey the authority and cower down or disobey their request and do the right

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    Stanley Milgram's Paper

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    Obedience is a form of social influence that depicts the behaviour of an individual acting in response to an instruction or command from an authority figure (McLeod, 2007). Obedience is one of the underlying factors that help society to function and without it, chaos and disorder occurs (Leveillee, 2011). The social powers of authority can manipulate obedience and in turn use this as a mechanism for destructive purposes that go against the moral and personal values of a person (Kennedy, 2016). This

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