Hidden Rules Research Paper

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Hidden rules are knowledge understood within a culture, specific to The Framework for Understanding Poverty, they relate to social class. They are both learned and gained through experience from living in a specific social environment. The hidden rules known mostly to people who live in that specific environment form due to a need to succeed in that environment. In addition to how people spend their time and money, these hidden rules effect values, relationships, language and education. People can carry hidden rules needed for survival from one culture into another. This is seen more when people move between poverty and middle class where there are some things in common. Upper class hidden rules have very little in common with the middle class and virtually nothing in common with those living in poverty. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the upper class to understand where people in poverty come from, why they live like they do or why they make the choices that they make. …show more content…

Additionally, retaining employees is a problem that has been expressed by businesses. After investing time and energy into preparing a person for a specific job, knowing hidden rules, the resources needed for the classes could help an employer lay a foundation which could address some of the common reason people have a difficult time meeting some of the soft skill needs of the workplace. Just as in Sandy’s story, her way out of poverty was because of a support group through her local job and family services. Business could have safety nets in place that would help them save money and retain valuable resources- people. Furthermore, there are rules of business that must be followed. Knowing people and the hidden rules that exist in their communities could benefit business by acknowledging the strengths that are within those hidden rules. Of course, the same is true in

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