What Are The Four Motives For Community Involvement

Hi guys! This week I continued working on updating and documenting artists’ submissions for 3 upcoming events: Bridgepoint, Capital One, and Bowsart. If you haven’t read my blog from last week, here is a brief description: My task was to transfer each artists’ submission from the website into a document for the board. For example, an artist can submit up to three images for Capital One, (the board selects 8 pieces). I went through each submission, uploaded their selected images, and inserted a description for the artwork. I then imported this information into an excel spreadsheet for our records to note payment and membership information. Since the extension, we received approximately 20 submissions. This was anticipated for Capital One, as …show more content…
For example, a business executive may be motivated to support the bike paths as an instrumental means to enhance his or her public image; however, he or she is likely to lose interest if a less expensive image-enhancing opportunity arises (Ahmad, Batson, and Tsang, 2002). The four motives for community involvement include, egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism (2002). Human actions are always and inevitably directed toward the ultimate goal of self-benefit; however, recent research suggests that the human capacity for caring is not limited to one’s own interest (2002). For instance, politicians campaign towards civilians enlightened self-interest by raising concern over pollution, funding, and poverty (2002). A non-tangible self-benefit for acting for the common good is also a way to avoid shame or guilt. Altruism is “motivation with the ultimate goal of increasing the welfare of one or more individuals other than onself” (Ahmad, Batson, and Tsang, 2002, p. 436). However altruistic behaviours are likely to diminish overtime as empathetic feelings are discriminately valued upon kinship. People in need are too remote and thus their problems are long-term (2002). Collectivism is “motivation with the ultimate goal of increasing the welfare of a group or collective” (Ahmad, Batson, and Tsang, 2002, p. 437). Community needs are difficult to address because they risk becoming social dilemmas. Lastly, principlism refers to motivation with the ultimate goal of preserving a moral principle (2002). A major concern with principlism includes an inability to determine if a particular principle applies and in consequences, individuals succumb to moral exclusion, moral displacement, and moral hypocrisy. Often, individuals conveniently forget to think about their moral principles if an opportunity arrives that serves