Answers To The Question: What are Implications Of Compadrazo On Corporate Filipino Culture
COMPADRAZO – As the Spanish colonized the country, The Filipino people were introduced to Catholicism, with its main dynamic being social acceptance.
The Filipino’s extended family was broadened into a social network through “compadres” or the Godparenthood. This would prove beneficial, as having a wide array of “ninongs and ninangs”.
This would make job placements easier for the child in the future. Other benefits may also include extra gifts on birthdays and Christmas.
With this in mind, Compadrazo would be one of the many manifestations of what people from outside the Filipino culture would call blatant bias. It was a system that was taken from the Catholic teachings of the Spaniards.
It in turn became a family’s strategy in a corporate game of chess, their keys, and their ticket. Families set up their children to marry into a specific family.
This would further boost their status, position, or gain favors. Just the mere fact that you have a “ninong” or a “ninang” with a high rank in a company would offer an applicant an enormous advantage over others.
According to Management And Culture, this would even come to a point where applications are just a formality. Where an individuals position would already be secured.
That’s because, in the Philippines, Family holds a high value in society. Though favoritism does exists in the form of compadrazo in the corporate culture in the Philippines, the Filipino culture itself has an immense impact on that.
The culture of the Philippines is based on family values. Bayanihan, pakikisama, pagtutulungan, mixed together with different cultures made the corporate scene in the Philippines what it is today.
When you have a cousin that needs work and you have a position in the company, it is so easy to give a recommendation to your cousin. You may or may not like him, but the subconscious Filipino value of “Utang na loob” kicks in.
This is because you remembered that your aunt funded the entirety of your high school. And in your mind, its just right for you to return the favor.
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