Community Value 

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Welcome to class, I hope you enjoyed the last class. Today we will be talking about the community value. Follow me closely and you will understand what we are about to talk about.

Meaning of Community Values

Community values are those virtues and character traits which help a country to grow and develop. When such values are imbibed by the majority of the citizens in a country, there will be unity and progress.

Examples of civic values

• Obedience: Obedience means doing what one is told to do. A good citizen obeys the Every citizen must comply with the provisions of the Constitution. People should obey all the laws, rules and regulations made by their government.
• Loyalty: Citizens must give respect to the ideals, institutions and symbols of the Respect should be given to the national flag and the national anthem. Any citizen who does this is a loyal citizen.
• Patriotism: The love for one’s country, and readiness to defend her, is known as patriotism. A patriotic citizen must be ready to defend the country against internal and external enemies. A patriotic citizen must be ready to render national or military service to the country.
• Dedication: Dedication as a civic value involves giving a lot of one’s time, energy and efforts to the democratic processes and practices in one’s country. It involves being committed to the national goal.
• Honesty: Honest citizens do not cheat. They tell the truth and pay their taxes correctly. Honesty involves telling the truth at all times.
• Selflessness: A selfless citizen considers the interest of others first. When we put the need of others in society before our own need, we will be promoting love in the
• Courage: Courage is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. Courage is the display of confidence, focus, orderly behavior and decent acts in the face of unpleasant challenges and unfavourable things. Courage is an act of showing strength when a person otherwise would be afraid. It can also be described as the ability to do something good without fear or favour.
• Discipline: Discipline is the practice of training people to obey rules and regulations and punishing them if they fail to do so. It is also the method of training the mind and controlling one’s behaviour in a particular area of activity. It also refers to the ability to exercise control over oneself, other people and things. It is the practice of training oneself and others to obey rules and orders and punishing them if they do not.
• Contentment: Contentment is the decision of someone to be satisfied with what he or she has in life. Contentment is a mental or emotional state of satisfaction drawn from being at ease in one’s situation, body and mind. It means being satisfied with one’s possession, status or situation, though they might be insignificant. Contentment is the absence of greed, selfishness and theft. It is the quality that prevents people from taking what belongs to other people. It is a virtue that helps people overcome the temptation or the urge to steal.
• Integrity: Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. A person is said to have integrity when the person is seen to be honest, not corrupt, upright, inspiring and fair in his actions. When a person is of good behaviour and does not cheat others. He or she doesn’t receive bribe, shuns evil practices, truthful and transparent in all activities.
• Self-Reliance: Self-reliance is the ability to do things by oneself. It is the state of being independent. It is the act of relying on oneself for what one needs in life. It is the ability to make decisions by yourself without the need of other people to help you. For example, when you work independently without the need of others, it means you are self-reliant. It is the total process of conceiving an idea, setting a target, working towards the target and achieving the target. A self-reliant person achieves his or her goals without the assistance of other people. Self-reliance can also be defined as the capacity to capacity to manage one’s own affairs, make one’s own judgment and provide for oneself.
• Right Attitude to Work: Attitude to work refers to the way or manner in which we attend to our duties. Progress in any nation depends on how its citizens do their work. When they work hard, come to work on time and being honest, they are said to have the right attitude to work. These attributes are acceptable societal values. Attitude to work makes for success or failure in private or government establishments or institutions. The right attitude to work ensures success in an organisation, while the wrong attitude to work brings about failure.

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