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People want to fit in
Peer Pressure
People don't want to be rebellious
People don't want to be an individual
It's the easy option
It's easy to pass the blame
The desirability of social acceptance
Fear of rejection
Wearing a Uniform
Social smoking
Social Drinking
Wearing jeans and chinos
Following the law
Women wearing make-up
Uniform and Rank Structure
Working in teams
Espirit de Corps (Pride and Unity)
Social Clubs
Sports Clubs
Adventurous Training
Fear of the consequences when disobeying
The Rewards when you Obey
Peoples Moral Upbringing
The Position of Person in Authority
The Love for someone or Country
Respect of the Person in Authority or Individuals without undermining this Authority
Obeying the Law
Obeying Superior Orders
Obeying your Parents
Being a part of the Hierarchical Structure
Obedience is Part of the Fundamental Structure through Orders
Intregral part of the Hierarchical Structure
Allows more Efficiency and Team effectiveness
Installs basic Discipline within the Royal Navy
Allows work and orders to be done without question
Self esteem and people's confidence within their personality greatly affects whether someone will conform or not, or perhaps the level of how much someone will conform to.
If someone has a high self esteem and lot of confidence it may allow them to have the courage to be different from the crowd and be individual making them nonconformist, however most people conform anyway. Also, If someone has a high level of confidence, it allows them to choose whether to conform or not depending on the situation, giving them a decision on how far they will conform as they have the courage to either be different or have a difference of opinion without fear of the potential consequences if any.
Conformity within the Uniformed Public Services and The Royal Navy is extremely important because it allows everyone to feel equal socially and as a part of the team as fully as they can be. This is vital for morale and allows personnel to give their best in their job as they want to be there and take part, not just because they have to be. Conformity allows naval personnel to be closer, not only as colleagues but also as friends creating a better working environment and a more efficient and effective working team. Conformity is also good for the Royal Navy through its own public representation. The Navy encourages conformity and equality but also to celebrate peoples differences. They are trying to create more of an equal playing field and a cohered community, rather than a squad of similar people like clones, excluding peoples differences, which some people may not understand.
If someone has low confidence and self esteem, it can perhaps increase their self esteem by conforming to society and fitting in, which they perhaps may struggle with beforehand, therefore they are the most likely to conform. However, it may also increase their confidence to be non-conformist and be themselves no matter how non-conformist it may be. Conformity is not always a good thing, so conforming with a low self esteem can also allow someone to be taken advantage of as they may not have the power to say no in a difficult or morally wrong situation.
Orders within the Royal Navy is one of the basics of how the Navy runs a regular routine throughout all situations and in some ways is fundamental. Orders give The Royal Navy general disciplined structure to work from. Therefore, it is extremely vital for All Naval personell to follow and obey orders. This must be done properly and promptly on all occasions, to keep the structure working efficiently. All personell have an obligation to obey orders as well as Personell in a Position of Authority have an obligation to give orders that are reasonable, achieveable and justified.
Naval personnel who have had little experiance obeying or following orders from authority before joining the service may have difficulty. Therefore, they may have to allow or force themselves to obey, meaning they are more aware of there actions and have conscious obediance.
Once a member of personell has intergrated into the service or had plenty of experiance taking orders and obeying, it becomes more natural to them, allowing them to obey without question or complaint making them have an unconscious obediance. This is not the same as Blind Obedience.
It is extremely useful within the Royal Navy for all of it's personell to have both kinds of obedience. This is because it allows work to get done on a daily basis without hassle and in a disciplined manner/environment as well as in stressful routine or emergency operations, when quick responses and decisions are needed.
Compliance is the act of yeilding to a wish, request or demand or a disposition or tendency to yeild to others. Both Conformity and Obedience are a form of compliance, therefore are very similar, however the differences define them and it is important to know the difference.
When it comes to obedience, for someone to obey or follow instruction, there must be a person of authority for this to take place. Within the Royal Navy, the Hierarchical structure that defines the route of authority is the Rank and Ratings structure. Therefore for Obediance to take place within the Royal Navy, Orders will always be passed down through the ranks, from a higher Rank/Rate to a Lower one. It is important that all personell understand this fundamental and must follow it. On occasions, the Order of Authority can temporary change, if a person of Specialist Knowledge is required in a certain situation, they will have authority.
Obedience is -
Compliance with someone's wishes or orders or acknowledgment of their authority
- Submission to a rule or Law, however perhaps not in agreement with the fundamentals of it.
- The act of obeying, whether dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- To carry out or fulfill the command, order or instruction of the person in authority.
- A group of people under such Authority
- The Quality of being able to Obey without Question or Complaint
Conformity occurs on a day to day basis without any conscious recollection that you are conforming to something.
Conformity is - The compliance with standards, rules and laws.
- Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions
- Correspondence, likeness or similarity in form, character or appearance
- To be in agreement
Understanding of Right and Wrong
Parental Guidance
Cultural Conventions
General Beliefs
Religious Teachings
Able Seaman
Royal Navy Ratings - Superiority Decreasing
Royal Naval Officers - Superiority Increasing
Power is used to apply pressure to people where there could be a conflict of interest whereas influence can allow people to carry out tasks, change their opinion or alter their ways through persuading, reasoning or potentially evaluation. Status has a key role in influence as some people can be influenced to do things by a person of superior status as they look up to them. If someone has someones respect and trust, then it allows them to be easily influenced by that person.
This act of parliament acts as a basic framework for enforcing discipline within the UK's armed forces. It groups together and derives from the Army Act 1955, Air force Act 1955 and Naval Discipline Act 1957 known as the Service Discipline Acts. These acts are the basis for the Armed forces own legal system applied to personnel as well as the UK's legal system and it is in force all year round wherever in the world they may be. This can also be applied to civil servants. The Act gives all legal statute to dealing with processing, diciplinary action and punishment of criminally charged armed forces personnel. This act also outlays the personnels rights when in this legal sytem if charged e.g the right to appeal and abiltiy to elect trial by court martial etc.
Authority is -
status in relation to authority is similar to obedience status. Status acts as a belief to why people obey and accept authority. This is why we accept people in authority with status, such as:
- experts have knowledge in their field and have the potential answers needed in certain situations
-people with higher social status
-people with titles
-people with power
-people whom we believe can punish us
This applies within the uniformed public services as all ranks and rates are aware of their status and where they fit into the hierarchy of authority.
- The right or power to act, command, enforce laws, exact obedience, determine or judge.
All members of the uniformed public services have to abide to the law like evryone else, however also to certain codes of conduct, rules and regulations relevant to their individual service. Being a member of the public services, these regulations are standardised by parliament. They enforce discipline, reinforce authority and protect the rights of public servants as well as members of the public to stop public servants abusing their given power and authority.
- A person or group invested with this power
- An Authoritative statement or decision that provides adequete grounds for a course of action or that may be taken as a precedent.
Bind obedience is when people obey and follow orders unquestionably no matter what the result or consequence is. Royal naval personnel in initial training are encouraged to obey orders immediately, so when in certain situations like conflict situations they can get things done without question. If every order was thought about in detail then the end result may not be what the person in authority intended. The problem with blind obedience is knowing when to speak out and knowing whats more important whether its carrying out the order, speaking up or paying the consequences.
The nature of authority within the Royal Navy derives from the lawful abiltiy to exert authorised powers issued by government. This allows those in position of Authority within the Royal Navy to act upon and delegate these powers without question.
All the police forces and constabularies within the UK are liable to a code of conduct or discipliniary regulations. These include Honesty and integrity, fairness and impartiality as well as politeness and tolerance, each with their own regulations and aspects to abide by. This act applies to the national crime squad which is a national organisation made up of police officers from all over the UK. The organisation tackle serious crime across the UK and is governed by its own authority, therefore does not branch under a single police force. Due to this all authority and discipline for the NCS derives from this act of parliament. It also entitles the current secretary of state to revise the NCS's code of conduct including setting possible objectives and targets to meet.
The IPPC is the independent police complaints commission which came about due to the police reform act 2002 and is the body that oversees complaints against the police nationally. The IPPC look at serious allegations put forward against police personnel, investigating every angle and look for a positive outcome. These may include incidents involving rascism, perverting the court of justice, serious corruption or allegations made against senior officers.
This inspectorate is responcible for reporting to the government on their findings while inspecting local fire and rescue services. They provide the government with professional independant advice on the structure, organisation, performance and further future development of services within the UK. This helps government departments during emergency and major incidents, as well as giving recomendations to external organisations and local authorities.
The extent of authority is how much an organisation or individuals control is limited. An individuls extent of authority depends on their job role and what that involves, their ability to authorise over an area or group of people and where the authority derives from, for example statute or company policy. Within the uniformed public services, the extent of authority, therefore is relevant to the hierarchical structure and rank structure.
- An Authority which favors complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom
- Belonging to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people.
- Exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others
The person in authority operates like a dictator. He or she makes all the decisions about what, where, when, why, how things are done, and who will do them without consent or consideration of the people whom it affects. Employees failing to following directions are usually severly disciplined.
The dictatorial leader traits are: all decision-making power is theirs, unrealistic in demands, uses excessive discipline and punishment, does not allow others to question decisions or authority
This is also known as collective authority where the person in authority shares delegation and problems with other individuals or members of their team to hear ideas and suggestions for solutions. This is usually used when theres a change of policy or legislation where all members viwes are important and must be considered. The person in authority makes the final decision and dosent have to take into account the teams views.
This kind of authority allows those members within the team not only to take part in giving ideas and suggestions, it allows them to take part in the decision making process with the person in authority ie helping with determining what to do and when to do including aspects which affect the final decision. This is still made by the leader. Using this style is not a negative choice and promotes respect between authority and team members/employees.