Activity:
Identify Sociocentric Thought Within Professions
Sociocentric tendencies, perhaps
surprisingly, are often found in academic
professions. It is thus common to find any and
all of the problems implicit in sociocentric
thought within the professions, as well as
within academic departments, subjects, and
disciplines. Where people think collectively,
we are likely to find people vying for power,
using power over others in unethical ways,
pursuing vested interests without regard to
the rights of others, behaving in subservient
ways to those in positions of power, and so on.
Come up with examples from your own profession
or discipline (or within any work group you have
been involved with) that illuminate the problem of
sociocentric thought within it. If you can’t think of
any, think again.
Examples of sociocentric thought within a profession or discipline: