Social Factors Affecting Civic Sense

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Social Factors Affecting Civic Sense Sonal Thakker, Neha Thadani, Seema Jadhav, Karan Chandan, Yagnesh Agrawal, Yashraj Thakkar, Gulshan Shivnani Abstract Peaceful coexistence is the key to harmonious living in the society. Individuals when united to lead in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural set up, come with their distinctive sense of living, their own ideas to treat people around them and characteristic ways to treat the society and its utilities created by the civic bodies. It is expected that the members behave politely with each other and deal with the facility in a manner that leads to a system that all can benefit. This study highlights the importance of the civic sense issue and how its absence leads to dissatisfaction in the society. Involvement in the acts like smoking, spitting, littering in public places, blowing horns unnecessarily, eve-teasing, indulging in Public Display of Affection (PDA), dumping etc. do not lead to severe legal punishment, though it shall be remembered that do pollute the social fabric as much as criminal offences do. It is very important that the members are instilled with pride for the way they are portrayed in others’ view and thus feel responsible for their character and moral framework. Contribution from educational institutes, civic bodies and NGOs can bring about a tremendous difference in this society. The idea here is to have a set up which is not only sensitive to the micro needs but also vigilant about its holistic conduct. Mentor: Prof. Ranjith P.V, Faculty, SIES College of Management Studies. The authors are students of Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the 2008-2010 Batch. 1.0 Introduction Civic sense is an inseparable and important part in the day to day life of the people. Some of the social factors affecting civic sense have been considered. The

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