Differences Between Loyalty And Integrity

A study on white and non-white (Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and Black), found on page 149, high school students was conducted to portray the extent to which they value integrity. The purpose of the study was to understand the differences between nonwhite and white teens on how or if they value integrity. The main reason for conducting the study was to display how serious teens take honesty and integrity, and to also enhance the differences among different races of teens when showing integrity. The study was also conducted to reveal how nonwhites are more inclined to be dishonest due to stereotypes and public portray of nonwhite students; because of this nonwhite students blindly adopt the attitude of purposely being a delinquent; which …show more content…
For instance nonwhite students who were raised in a poverty-stricken environment are more likely to not conform, therefore leading to delinquency. On white students are more likely to ignore the standards of school just as they would ignore society’s standards. Another link between the literature review and the study is that white students who are raised in a more favorable environment will follow he values and conform to school standards. They are also more likely to have a higher value or integrity and honesty than nonwhite …show more content…
Blau and Stearns (2002) tated that the “Results underscore the extent to which African American families and communites hae included among youth high moral codes of conduct and responsibitlt and yet African American teens routinel experience a=encounters with stranger hwo regard them with suspicion.” These findings are substantional no matter how much a African American teen has morals and carries themseleves in higherht and most respected manner, they still get targeted as being dishonest or untrustworthy. Even though families teah young teens to be honorable, trustwotrhty, and respectful thaey are not reinforced b]for those behaviors. Also Blau and Stearns (2002) stated “The other conclusion of our study relates whites low regard of intergrity. Being white in American society has traditionally accompied having exemtipns and privlges, and whites may fear losing these adhavantages as the nation becomes increasingly diverse. Our research suggests that wite teens may have dissicukties ereconciling family values that empahzisixe achievement and individualism woth cultural pluralism and social diversty” The conclusions on white students show that being whote has advanatages and privalges, therefore they do not have to consider being punished for things nonwhite students are punished for. Such as cheating , a whote student most likely wont be accused of it.