I came across this phrase:
"While no relationship was found between altruism and intention to leave both the organization and the current job, sportsmanship, civic virtue and helping others emerged as the strongest predictors of intention to leave the organization and intention to leave the current job."
According to Wikipedia: Civic virtue is the cultivation of habits of personal living that are claimed to be important for the success of the community
As I am translating this term into my native language, the question appears is:
- Is Civic Virtue related to moral of society?
- What is the best definition?
Any idea will be appreciated. Thanks.
Best Answer
"Civic virtue" means actions that make it possible for people to live together in a community and for society to function. Usually "civic virtues" are understood as duties to the government or to "society" as an abstract concept. Specifically it means things like obeying traffic laws, voting, being willing to serve on a jury, that sort of thing.
These things could be considered "morals", but civic virtue isn't really about the things we usually think of when we talk about "morality", like being faithful to your spouse or not using vulgar language. I suppose things like refraining from stealing or killing people are necessary to the functioning of society, but those aren't what people normally mean when they talk about civic virtues.