Bautista, BJ G.
(BS Crim 3-B) helping the victims of disasters and
CFLM2- FINALS
First Topic
FILIPINO VALUES
-are handed down from generation to generation
and are considered important. One of the values
they are so famous for is the value of hospitality.
As a sign of respect, Filipinos do not call their
elders by their first names but address them by
using words of superiority and respect. Also,
they often kiss the hands of their elders, and do
the gesture known as “pagmamano.”
WHAT ARE FILIPINO VALUES?
-refer to a set of values or the values system that
majority of the Filipino have historically held
important in their daily lives. Thus, the
Philippine values system includes the people’s
own unique assemblage of consistent ideologies,
moral codes, ethical practices, etiquette and
cultural and personal values that are promoted
by society.
WORTH-KEEPING FILIPINO VALUES
-Filipinos are known for their good values
especially the typical people who are loyal to
their customs and traditions. The good values
that are worth to keep are as follows.
1. GOOD MORAL VALUES
• Typical Filipinos are very conservative
people especially those who grow up in
the provinces or villages. They are
always concerned in keeping their
reputations intact. Morality in their day-
to-day life is one of the important
aspects of good Filipino Values.
• It is complemented by their patience,
generosity, kindness, compassion,
benevolence and being a Samaritan in
calamities.
2. CHRISTIAN VALUES
• The Philippines is a Christian Country
so most of the Filipino people are
Christians. Though Filipinos are in
practice of different religions and they
always go to church or a place of
religious congregations.
• Christianity and character building are
taught in schools both in public and
private, mostly in Catholic Schools.
Children are taught how to pray
purposely to enhance their belief with
the Almighty.
3. VALUE OF RESPECT TO ELDERS
• Children are taught by their parents to
respect the elders. Seldom do other
people can hear a kid calling older
people by their names. Even if they are
not related by blood or the kids do not
know the person, they will respect them
by calling, “Kuya o Ate, Manong o
Manang and Auntie or Uncle.”
• To hear kids paying respect to older
people can be considered as a
manifestation of things they have
positively learned at home during their
early socialization.
4. VALUE OF NEIGHBORLINESS
• The typical Filipino people are kind and
helpful to their neighbors, known as the
“kapitbahay”, they easily develop
friendship with those who live around
them.
• Once they build their good will and
friendship with one another, they will
share whatever they have like food and
other stuff. In time of distress and needs,
neighbors take care of each other
without being asked.
5. VALUE OF GIVING
• Filipinos love to give gifts to friends and
relatives on many occasions like
birthdays and Yuletide Season. Even if
they do not have enough financial
resources, they will really save some of
it to buy gifts or tokens for their loved
ones and have a heart to share what they
have to others.
• They take pride in extending help,
especially those who are in need,
especially the poor and the
disadvantaged.
6. VALUE OF CLOSE FAMILY TIES
• Filipinos are very family-oriented. They
are supportive of their families. They
love to gather together or even live
together with their extended families in
order to support each other.
• The unmarried children stay with their
parents and help them provide for the
family financially. There are times when
the married children still support their
parents in many ways. Being closely-
knitted, many Filipino families often
keep the whole clan under one roof,
even children who are already married
and have children.
INHERENT FILIPINO CORE VALUES
-Understanding the Filipino values is
appreciating where these values are coming
from. These core values explain how the
Filipino people are influenced in their personal
growth and development.
1. FAMILY
• The Philippines is known to be a family
centered nation. The Filipino people
recognize their family as an important
social structure that one must take care
of. They give importance to the safety
and unity of its members. The Filipino
family is to intact that it is common for
members of the same family to work for
the same company or run its own
business enterprise.
• It is also common to find the whole clan
living in the same area which goes to
show that the Filipinos are afraid to be
living apart from their own immediate
family.
2. POLITENESS
• Filipinos are inherently respectful. The
use of “po” and “Opo” when in
conversation with an elder or someone
who is older is a manifestation of how
Filipinos show courtesy and respect to
their elders.
• Expressions like “magandang umaga,
tanghali or gabi po,” “salamat po,”
“makikiraan po,” and “pasensya na po”
and the like shows gesture of politeness.
• Politeness is a culturally defined
phenomenon, and therefore what is
considered polite in one culture can
sometimes be quite rude or simply
eccentric in another cultural context.
3. HOSPITALITY
• The Filipinos are known to be very
hospitable. They welcome visitors to
their homes and offer them treats such
as snacks, drinks or even foods after a
long journey. Part of their graciousness
as hosts is serving the best to their
visitors even if at times they may not be
able to afford it.
• They also go to the extreme of giving up
the comfort of their own beds for their
guests’ use, and to the extent of letting
themselves sleep on the floor with
discomfort just to ensure that the guests
are comfortable and feeling at home.
4. GRATITUDE
 • Gratitude or “utang na loob’’ is very
popular Filipino characteristic. One does
not forget the good deeds that others
may have done to him, especially at
times of great need. This debt of
gratitude is sometimes abused by those
who have done well to others, and as
they may ask favors or things that may
either be unreasonable or beyond the
means of the one in debt.
• Gratitude or thankfulness is a feeling or
an attitude in acknowledgment of a
benefit that one has received or will
receive.
5. SHAME
• Shame or “hiya” is a very common
Filipino values. It is said that Filipinos
would go to great lengths in order for
one not to be ashamed. “Hiya” has a
great influence on one’s behavior for
one will do everything, even if it’s
beyond his means just to save his
reputation as well as the family.
6. FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY
• Filipino’s sense of joy and humor is
evident in their optimistic approach to
life and their travails. The ability to
laugh at themselves and their
predicament is an important coping
mechanism that contributes to emotional
balance and capacity to survive.
• These are manifested in the ability to
adjust to often difficult circumstances
and prevailing physical and social
environments. Filipino have a high
tolerance for ambiguity that enables
them to respond calmly uncertainty or
lack of information.
7. LOYALTY
• Loyalty or “pakikisama” is another
Filipino core values. Filipinos are said to
be loyal to their friends and fellowmen
in order to ensure the peace in the group.
This is manifested in their basic sense of
justice and fairness and concern for
other’s well-being.
• They recognize the essential humanity
of all people and regard others with
respect and empathy and develop
sensitivity to the nature and quality of
interpersonal relationships, which are
their principal source of security and
happiness.
8. HARD WORK AND INDUSTRY
• The related capacity for hard work and
industry among Filipinos is widely
recognized. Filipinos are universally
regarded as excellent workers who
perform well whether the job involves
physical labor and tasks or highly
sophisticated technical functions.
• This propensity for hard work, which
often includes a highly competitive
spirit, is driven by the desire for
economic security and advancement for
oneself and one’s family. The
orientation is further accompanied by
aspirations and personal sacrifices.
9. RESIGNATION
• Trust in God or the concept of “bahala-
na” has been over used time and again.
This is used when a person does not
know what to do or is too lazy to do
anything at all. This belief to put fate in
God’s hands may be a sign of how
religious Filipinos may be at the same
time, and it may show that the Filipinos
are free-spirited, and that they put their
life in fate’s hands.
• Resignation is more likely to persist
from among the Filipinos during
emergencies and similar events that
occur in their everyday life.
WEAKNESSES OF THE FILIPINO
VALUES
-Values are either good or bad. Despite the
existence of good values, Filipinos also have
weaknesses included in their value system:
1. EXTREME PERSONALISM
• Filipinos view the world in terms of
personal relationships and the extent to
which one is able to personally relate to
things and people determine the
recognition of their existence and value
given to them.
2. FAMILY CENTEREDNESS
• While concern for the family is one of
the Filipinos’ core values, in extreme it
becomes a serious flaw. Excessive
concern for the family creates an in-
group to which the Filipino is fiercely
loyal to the detriment of the larger
community or for the common good.
3. LACK OF DISCIPLINE
• The Filipinos’ lack of discipline
encompasses related characteristics. The
Filipino people have a casual and
relaxed attitude towards time and space
which manifest itself in lack of precision
and compulsiveness, in poor time
management, and in procrastination.
4. LACK OF INITIATIVE
• Filipinos are generally passive and
lacking in initiative. One needs to be
told what has to be done. There is a
strong reliance on others to do things.
This is related to one’s attitude towards
authority.
5. COLONIAL MENTALITY
• Filipinos strongly exhibit their colonial
mentality which is made up to two
dimensions. The first is lack of
patriotism or an active awareness,
appreciation and love of the country and
the second is higher preference for
things which are foreign.
6. EXTREME INDIVIDUALISM
• Filipinos have a selfish, self-serving
attitude that generates a feeling of envy
and competitiveness toward others,
particularly to one’s peers who seem to
have gained some status or prestige.
Hence, the people demonstrate the so-
called “crab mentality” or “talangka
attitude”. There seems to be a basic
assumption that “another’s gain is one’s
loss.” the “kanya-kanya” syndrome is
also evident in the personal ambition
and the drive for power and status that is
completely intensive to the common
good.
7. LACK OF SELF ANALYSIS
• There is a tendency among the Filipinos
to be superficial and even somewhat
flighty. In the face of serious problems,
both personal and social, they lack
analysis or reflection. They joke about
the most serious matters which prevents
them to look deeply into the problem.
• There is a felt need to validate the
hypothesis or explanations of things.
Yet, the people are satisfied with
superficial explanations and solutions to
the problems.
• Related to this is the emphasis on
“porma” rather than on substance.
PERSPECTIVE ON FILIPINO VALUES
• Filipino values are rooted in a system
that focuses on family, friends, faithful
and the individual’s obligation to this
trinity. The family is the main social
structure in the country.
BautistaBJGawayen

The Police Officer's Creed

I believe in God, The Supreme Being, a Great

Provider, and The Creator of all men and
everything dear to me. In return, I can do no less
than love him above all by obeying his word,
seek his guidance in the performance of my
sworn duties and honor him at all times.

I believe that respect for authority is a duty. I

respect and uphold the Constitution, the laws of
the land and the applicable rules and regulations.
I recognize the legitimacy and authority of the
leadership; and obey legal orders of my superior
officers.

I believe in selfless love and service to people.

Towards this end, I commit myself to the service
of my fellowmen over and above my personal
interest.

I believe in the sanctity of marriage and the

respect for women. I shall set the example of
decency and morality and shall have high regard
for family life and value of marital fidelity.

I believe in the responsible dominion and

stewardship over material things. I shall inhibit
myself from extravagance and ostentatious
display of material things. I shall respect private
and public properties and prevent others from
destroying them. I shall help protect the
environment and conserve nature to maintain
ecological balance.

I believe in the wisdom of truthfulness. I must

be trustworthy and I shall speak the truth at all
times.