Subjects: NSTP I Deadline:

Date & Time: Teacher: MICHAEL R. SEMILLA

I.TOPIC- MORAL RECOVERY

II.TARGET OUTCOMES:
After completing this module the students should be able to:
a. Recognize our socio and cultural values
b. Understand the values which are uniquely identified in our culture
c. Identify the negative traits that deter our progress
III. GEAR UP YOUR MIND
Values defined in Organizational Behavior as the collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper
or bad, undesirable, and improper in a culture.
Values would be the standards or principles set forth as basis for what is right or wrong, the principles on which every
member of the Filipino society should persevere to attain in order to reach the ultimate realization of his life, regarding his
person and in relation to his family and society in general.
The categories of Values
A. Social Values
Social values consist of things like peace, justice, freedom, equality, and bettering our community. Examples of social
values include:
 Not hurting others and also standing up for those who can't stand up for themselves
 Being respectful and courteous in your interactions
 Volunteering time and skills in the community
 Being generous with what you have
 Being honest with others
 Participating in teamwork whenever possible
B. Political Values
Although being a liberal, conservative, or moderate may determine your opinion on how the government should run and
what laws should be enacted, there are certain political values that remain constant across political parties.
 Exceptionalism - that America is a land of limitless opportunities and, as such, has a duty to act as an example to
other countries.
 Capitalism and private ownership of property
 Patriotism
 Treating everyone equally, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, or sexual orientation
 Being open-minded to new things that evolved
 Following the law and respecting those who enforce it
 Working hard for success
C. Religious Values
Religious values center around the expectations that people have about themselves and others based on the
beliefs of their faith. Although each faith has its beliefs, there are common values that many faiths tend to share.

Examples of religious values include:

 Showing compassion to those in need
 Treating others as one would like to be treated
 Continually learning and growing both spiritually and intellectually
 Being modest in your relations with others
 Being respectful and nonviolent when interacting with others
D. Work Values
Work values include such things as your philosophies about your job, your finances, and how you spend your money. For
children, these values include how they approach school and their education. Examples of work values include:
 Always doing your best work
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 Working in a team
 Saving a portion of your salary/allowance
 Finding opportunities to express your ideas and creativity
 Being proud of your achievements
 Making education a priority
 Keeping in mind the part that your job plays in society
 Treating co-workers, fellow students, customers, and authority figures the way that you want to be treated
E. Moral Values
Moral values are your individual values about what you think is right and wrong. Moral values provide the foundation from
which you make decisions. Morals are learned from your parents and your experiences. Examples of moral values include:
 Being honest and trustworthy
 Being courageous
 Never giving up
 Adding value to the world
 Being patient
 Taking personal responsibility
STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

The task of building our nation is an awesome one. There is need for economic recovery. There is need to re-establish
democratic institutions and to achieve the goals of peace and genuine social justice. Along with these goals, there is a need
as well to build ourselves as a people. There is need to change structures and to change people.

Building a people means eliminating our weaknesses and developing our strengths; this starts with the analysis,
understanding, and appreciation of these strengths and weaknesses. We must take a good look at ourselves--objectively
with scientific detachment, but also emotionally (i.e., lovingly) and, when appropriate, with disgust. We must view ourselves
as might a lover viewing a loved one but also as might a judge capable of a harsh verdict. We must not be self-flagellating,
but neither can we afford to be defensive.

We must change, and for this understanding ourselves is the first step.

Pakikipagkapwa-Tao (regard for others)

. Filipinos are open to others and feel one with others. We regard others with dignity and respect, and deal with them as
fellow human beings. Pakikipagkapwa-tao is manifested in a basic sense of justice and fairness, and in concern for others.
It is demonstrated in the Filipino's ability to empathize with others, in helpfulness and generosity in times of need
(pakikiramay), in the practice of bayanihan or mutual assistance, and in the famous Filipino hospitality.

Filipinos possess a sensitivity to people's feelings or pakikiramdam, pagtitiwala or trust, and a sense of gratitude or utang-
na-loob. Because of pakikipagkapwa-tao, Filipinos are very sensitive to the quality of interpersonal relationships and are
very dependent on them: if our relationships are satisfactory, we are happy and secure.

Pakikipagkapwa-tao results in camaraderie and a feeling of closeness one to another. It helps promote unity as well a
sense of social justice.

Family Orientation

Filipinos possess a genuine and deep love for the family, which includes not simply the spouses and children, parents, and
siblings, but also grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents, and other ceremonial relatives. To the Filipino, one's
family is the source of personal identity, the source of emotional and material support, and the person's main commitment
and responsibility.

Concern for family is manifested in the honor and respect given to parents and elders, in the care given to children, the
generosity towards kin in need, and in the great sacrifices one endures for the welfare of the family. This sense of family
results in a feeling of belonging or rootedness and in a basic sense of security.

Joy and Humor

Filipinos have a cheerful and fun-loving approach to life and its ups and downs. There is a pleasant disposition, a sense of
humor, and a propensity for happiness that contribute not only to the Filipino charm, but to the indomitability of the filipino
spirit. Laughing at ourselves and our trouble is an important coping mechanism. Often playful, sometimes cynical,
sometimes disrespectful, we laugh at those we love and at those we hate, and make jokes about our fortune, good and bad.
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This sense of joy and humor is manifested in the Filipino love for socials and celebrations, in our capacity to laugh even in
the most trying of times, and in the appeal of political satire.

The result is a certain emotional balance and optimism, a healthy disrespect for power and office, and a capacity to survive.

Flexibility, Adaptability and Creativity

Filipinos have a great capacity to adjust, and to adapt to circumstances and to the surrounding environment, both physical
and social. Unplanned or unanticipated events are never overly disturbing or disorienting as the flexible Filipino adjusts to
whatever happens. We possess a tolerance for ambiguity that enables us to remain unfazed by uncertainty or lack of
information. We are creative, resourceful, adept at learning, and able to improvise and make use of whatever is at hand in
order to create and produce.

This quality of the Filipino is manifested in the ability to adapt to life in any part of the world; in the ability to make new things
out of scrap and to keep old machines running; and, of course, in the creative talent manifested in the cultural sphere. It is
seen likewise in the ability to accept change.

The result is productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship, equanimity, and survival.

Hard work and Industry

Filipinos have the capacity for hard work, given proper conditions. The desire to raise one's standard of living and to
possess the essentials of a decent life for one's family, combined with the right opportunities and incentives, stimulate the
Filipino to work very hard. This is manifested most noticeably in a willingness to take risks with jobs abroad, and to work
there at two or three jobs. The result is productivity and entrepreneurship for some, and survival despite poverty for others.

Faith and Religiosity

Filipinos have a deep faith in God. Innate religiosity enables us to comprehend and genuinely accept reality in the context
of God's will and plan. Thus, tragedy and bad fortune are accepted and some optimism characterizes even the poorest
lives.
Filipinos live very intimately with religion; this is tangible--a part of everyday life. We ascribe human traits to a supernatural
God whom we alternately threaten and thank, call upon for mercy or forgiveness, and appease by pledges. Prayer is an
important part of our lives.

The faith of the Filipino is related to bahala na, which, instead of being viewed as defeatist resignation, may be considered
positively as a reservoir of psychic energy, an important psychological support on which we can lean during difficult times.
This pampalakas ng loob allows us to act despite uncertainty.

Our faith and daring was manifest at EDSA and at other times in our history when it was difficult to be brave. It is seen also
in the capacity to accept failure and defeat without our self-concept being devastated since we recognize forces external to
ourselves as contributing to the unfolding of events in our lives.

The results of the Filipino's faith are courage, daring, optimism, inner peace, as well as the capacity to genuinely accept
tragedy and death.

Ability to Survive

Filipinos have an ability to survive which is manifested in our capacity for endurance despite difficult times, and in our ability
to get by on so little. Filipinos make do with what is available in the environment, even, e.g., by eking out a living from a
garbage dump. This survival instinct is related to the Filipinos who bravely carry on through the harshest economic and
social circumstances. Regretfully, one wonders what we might be able to do under better circumstances.

WEAKNESSES OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Extreme Personalism

Filipinos view the world in terms of personal relationships and the extent to which one is able personally to relate to things
and people determines our recognition of their existence and the value.
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There is no separation between an objective task and emotional involvement. This personalism is manifested in the
tendency to give personal interpretations to actions, i.e., to "take things personally." Thus, a sincere question may be
viewed as a challenge to one's competence or positive feedback may be interpreted as a sign of special affection. There is,
in fact, some basis for such interpretations as Filipinos become personal in their criticism and praise. Personalism is also
manifested in the need to establish personal relationships before any business or work relationship can be successful.

Because of this personalistic world view, Filipinos have difficulty dealing with all forms of impersonal stimuli. For this reason
one is uncomfortable with bureaucracy, with rules and regulations, and with standard procedures--all of which tend to be
impersonal. We ignore them or we ask for exceptions.

Personal contacts are involved in any transaction and are difficult to turn down. Preference is usually given to family and
friends in hiring, delivery of services, and even in voting. Extreme personalism thus leads to the graft and corruption evident
in Philippine society.

Extreme Family-Centeredness

While concern for the family is one of the Filipino's greatest strengths, in the extreme it becomes a serious flaw. Excessive
concern for the family creates an in-group to which the Filipino is fiercely loyal, to the detriment of concern for the larger
community or the common good.

Excessive concern for family manifests itself in the use of one's office and power as a means of promoting the interests of
the family, in factionalism, patronage, and political dynasties, and in the protection of erring family members. It results in
lack of concern for the common good and acts as a block to national consciousness.

Lack of Discipline

The Filipino's lack of discipline encompasses several related characteristics. We have a casual and relaxed attitude
towards time and space which manifests itself in lack of precision and compulsiveness, in poor time management and in
procrastination. We have an aversion to following strictly a set of procedures, which results in lack of standardization and
quality control. We are impatient and unable to delay gratification or reward, resulting in the use of short cuts, skirting the
rules (the palusot syndrome) and in foolhardiness. We are guilty of ningas cogon, starting out projects with full vigor and
interest which abruptly die down, leaving things unfinished.

Our lack of discipline often results in inefficient and wasteful work systems, the violation of rules leading to more serious
transgressions, and a casual work ethic leading to carelessness and lack of follow-through.

Passivity and Lack of Initiative

Filipinos are generally passive and lacking in initiative. One waits to be told what has to be done. There is a strong
reliance on others, e.g., leaders and government, to do things for us. This is related to the attitude towards authority.
Filipinos have a need for a strong authority figure and feel safer and more secure in the presence of such an authority. One
is generally submissive to those in authority, and is not likely to raise issues or to question decisions.

Filipinos tend to be complacent and there rarely is a sense of urgency about any problem. There is a high tolerance for
inefficiency, poor service, and even violations of one's basic rights. In many ways, it can be said that the Filipino is too
patient and long-suffering (matiisin), too easily resigned to one's fate. Filipinos are thus easily oppressed and exploited.

Colonial Mentality

Filipinos have a colonial mentality which is made up of two dimensions: the first is a lack of patriotism or an inactive
awareness, appreciation, and love of the Philippines; the second is an actual preference for things foreign.

Filipino culture is characterized by an openness to the outside--adapting and incorporating the foreign elements into our
image of ourselves. Yet this image is not built around a deep core of Philippine history and language.
The result is a cultural vagueness or weakness that makes Filipinos extraordinarily susceptible to the wholesome
acceptance of modern mass culture which is often Western. Thus, there is preference for foreign fashion, entertainment,
lifestyles, technology, consumer items, etc.

The Filipino colonial mentality is manifested in the alienation of the elite from their roots and from the masses, as well as in
the basic feeling of national inferiority that makes it difficult for Filipinos to relate as equals to Westerners.
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Kanya-Kanya Syndrome

Filipinos have a selfish, self-serving attitude that generates a feeling of envy and competitiveness towards others,
particularly one's peers, who seem to have gained some status or prestige. Towards them, the Filipino demonstrated the
so-called "crab mentality", using the levelling instruments of tsismis, intriga and unconstructive criticism to bring others
down. There seems to be a basic assumption that another's gain is our loss.
The kanya-kanya syndrome is also evident in personal ambition and drive for power and status that is completely
insensitive to the common good. Personal and in-group interests reign supreme. This characteristic is also evident in the
lack of a sense of service among people in the government bureaucracy. The public is made to feel that service from these
offices and from these civil servants is an extra perk that has to be paid for.

The kanya-kanya syndrome results in the dampening of cooperative and community spirit and in the denial of the rights of
others.

Lack of Self-Analysis and Self-Reflection

There is a tendency in the Filipino to be superficial and even somewhat flighty. In the face of serious problems both
personal and social, there is lack of analysis or reflection. Joking about the most serious matters prevents us from looking
deeply into the problem. There is no felt need to validate our hypotheses or explanations of things. Thus we are satisfied
with superficial explanations for, and superficial solutions to problems.

Related to this is the Filipino emphasis on form (maporma) rather than upon substance. There is a tendency to be satisfied
with rhetoric and to substitute this for reality. Empty rhetoric and endless words are very much part of public life. As long as
the right things are said, as long as the proper documents and reports exist, and as long as the proper committees, task
forces, or offices are formed, Filipinos are deluded into believing that what ought to be actually exists.

The Filipino lack of self-analysis and our emphasis upon form is reinforced by an educational system that is often more form
than substance and a legal system that tends to substitute law for reality.

ROOTS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

The strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino have their roots in many factors such as:
 environment
 social environment
 culture and language
 history
 the educational system
 religion
 the economic environment
 the political environment
 mass media
 leadership and role models.

GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

Based on the strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino, the following goals for change are proposed. The Filipino should
develop:

1. Filipinos must have sense of patriotism and national pride--a genuine love, appreciation, and commitment

2. Thera must be sense of the common good--the ability to look beyond selfish interests, a sense of justice

3. There must be a sense of integrity and accountability--an aversion toward graft and corruption in society and an
avoidance of the practice in one's daily life;

4. The value and habits of discipline and hard work;

5. the value and habits of self-reflection and analysis, the internalization of spiritual values, and an emphasis
upon essence rather than on form.
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REFERENCES
Moral Recovery Program: Building a People—Building a Nation
By: Patricia Licuanan

Art Appreciation: Looking Beyond (A Textbook in Humanities)

By: Ronnie Espergal Pasigui, Fabian T. Avila Jr, Araceli C Suyat, Warto M Torrevillas, Ma. Cristina
Alba, Allan V. Pura

NAME:Abas Jan Kim d. DATE:

YEAR/COURSE/SECTION:1st year/Bunkers SCORE:

IV. BOOST UP YOUR LEARNING

Direction: Identify what categories of values, the following situations are being referred to:
Write your answer on space provided below.
1.He checked / cleaned the surrounding before entering and leaving his assigned area.
2.Demonstrate the use of personal life saving devices.
3.Stablish and maintain effective communication.
4.Engaging yourself on activities to improve your spiritual relationship with god.
5.Clean- up activities in consonance with the authority’s drives.
6.Approval of the Anti-terrorism law.
7.Distancing from a malicious act with your office mates.
8.Using just the right values or the SRP for the commodities on sales.
9.Running for a Barangay position to serve and protect our nation.
10.Recognize and respect the supreme authorities of the state.
Answer:
1.E. Moral Values
2.D. Work Values
3.A. Social Values
4.C. Religious Values
5.D. Work Values
6.B. Political Values
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7.A. Social Values
8.E. Moral Values
9.B. Political Values
10.A. Social Values

V. LEVEL UP YOUR LEARNING

Direction: On youtube, watch the video entitled “Why Americans love Filipino culture” and make a two-paragraph
reaction on it. Each paragraph should have at least 5 sentences. Use the space below for your reaction.(link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2m3ngosX5Q)

Why American love Filipino culture? Basically on my watching a video my reaction on

American speaker are must Very impressed with the culture of the Filipinos and their ability
to welcome American foreigners, and amercan foreigner The joy of telling their feelings
about Filipinos comes from the heart.
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