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Conformity

Within this assignment I shall explain what is meant by conformity and obedience, I will identify out of two conformity studies what factors influenced the outcome of the studies. I will then explain why we conform and what happens if public service personnel do not conform to the rules and regulations of their force.
Finally I shall highlight what happens to the public service personnel when they are reprimanded for a disciplinary matter.

Conformity & Obedience

Conformity: To act or be in accord or agreement or to comply.

Conformity as an example could be, out of a class of thirty students, two wore jeans where as the rest of the class wore trousers. The next day everybody wore trousers, thus the two that wore jeans conformed to the rest of the class by not being different.

Often conformity is at the basis of rules, laws and traditions. Men & Women are expected to conform to society, to get married and have children.

Obedience: The act of obeying;......

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