The Characteristics Of Asian Values

Asian Values have been defining by different scholars and practicing by different leaders in various countries in Asia. Some Asian leaders have thought of Asian Values as unique characteristics of Asia as comply strictly by Asian peoples. It is defined as the value that depends on one strong leader to lead a country to become one strong country instead of popular democracy, give state a power for a far-reaching to state economy and bureaucracy, a social norm that follow strictly by a community, and keep the concerning of civil liberties and human right a side by focus even more on the value of social and economic needs (Aligan, 2015).
As the Philippine is one the Asian country, we will examine if this country has influenced by the Asian Values
However individuals still smoked in the public and ignored the no smoking signs. There was a specific absence of quality regarding the exercise of law. Moreover, for the state who claims to follow the Asian Value has the intention to hold tightly to the state economy and bureaucracy. The Philippine bureaucracy is an unpleasant bureaucracy rules. When the government needs to purchase products for office supplies for public service, there will be a supplier who supply directly to the government where both supplier and bureaucrat backed by a powerful elected official, to make the purchase secretly and illegally. Both sides win when the supplier is able to earn and the bureaucrat can be richer from the purchase. But citizens lose because they could have gain benefits from the purchases. It is the control for the corrupt purposes. Beside this, the system of patron-client is also an impact for the bureaucracy in the Philippine. The client politicians usually receive a position in government line in return with coordinating the election for the elected official. It
Additionally, in the context that community needs to follow strictly to the social norm, it is believed to be a rational implementation as what good for the whole community is also good for individual. It is a fallacy of division. For example, under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, there was an educational reform to prepare for the ASEAN integration. To make the country competitive enough, the government raised the standard of studying, equipped graduate student for a professional world, and created a better name of the nation’s workforce. So, the study schedule had changed and students need to study even in the summer with the very hot weather while the previous schedule was the summer break. The new arrangement for the ASEAN integration violated the practical conditions. Last but not least, by keeping the concern of civil liberties and human rights aside and focus more on social and economic need, the government of the Philippine passed a law which it’s believed to be a solution for uncontrolled overpopulation. It’s also viewed to be a political economic problem that affected the whole society, but