Practice question · Sort into groups
Folkway or more? Sort each workplace norm by the heat of its violation.
Groups: Folkway (custom) · More (moral rule)
- Wearing jeans to a formal client meeting
- Leaking confidential salary data
- Taking credit for a colleague’s work
- Harassing a subordinate
- Skipping the office birthday cake ritual
- Replying to emails after a week
Hints
- Ask whether breaking the rule makes you odd or makes you dangerous.
- The temperature of the sanction reveals the category.
Show the answer
Folkway (custom): Wearing jeans to a formal client meeting, Skipping the office birthday cake ritual, Replying to emails after a week
More (moral rule): Taking credit for a colleague’s work, Leaking confidential salary data, Harassing a subordinate
Why
Folkway violations make you odd; mores violations make you dangerous. The sanction’s temperature reveals which rule you broke.
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