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| - | {{Template}}'''Decline''' is a change over time from previously efficient to inefficient organizational functioning, from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-making, from previously law-abiding to law violating organizational and individual behavior, from previously virtuous to iniquitous individual moral behavior. | + | [[Image:The Remorse of Nero by Waterhouse.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother]]'' (1878) by John William Waterhouse]] |
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| - | '''Social decline''' or '''moral decline''' is typically characterised as reduced adherence to [[culture|cultural]] or [[norm (sociology)|social norms]] or [[Value (personal and cultural)|value]]s and widespread lapses in [[ethics|ethical]] behavior. | + | '''Decline''' involves a downward [[social change|change]] over time, for example: |
| - | Entities and organizations may enter a state of decline if they fail to respond effectively to changes, which may be the result of: | + | * from previously [[efficiency | efficient]] to inefficient [[organization]]al functioning |
| - | * inability to recognize change in the organizational environment | + | * from previously [[rationality | rational]] to non-rational organizational and [[individual]] decision-making |
| - | * insufficient resources to respond to change in the organizational environment | + | * from previously law-abiding to law-violating organizational and individual behavior |
| - | * refusal to respond to change in the organizational environment because organizational leaders benefit from organizational decline | + | * from previously [[virtue | virtuous]] to [[Hamartiology | iniquitous]] individual [[morality | moral behavior]] |
| + | Note: distinguish the noun ''decline'' from the adjective ''[[obsolete]]''. ''Decline'' refers to the degenerating of something (compare [[obsolescence]]) whereas ''obsolete'' refers to the outdatedness of something or labels something as no longer in use. ''Decline'' represents the [[continuous and progressive aspects | process]] of declining, a gradual sinking and wasting away. | ||
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| + | ''Social decline'' or ''moral decline'' is typically characterised as reduced adherence to [[culture|cultural]] or [[norm (sociology)|social norms]] or [[Value (personal and cultural)|value]]s and widespread lapses in [[ethics|ethical]] behavior. Compare [[social decay]]. | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | *From Latin ''de'' (“down”) + ''clīnō'' (“I bend, I incline”). | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Decline of the Roman Empire]] | + | * [[Decadence]] |
| - | *[[Social disintegration]] | + | * [[Decline of the Roman Empire]] |
| - | *[[Societal collapse]] | + | * [[Ottoman Decline Thesis]] |
| + | * ''[[The Decline of the West]]'' by Oswald Spengler | ||
| + | * [[Social disintegration]] | ||
| + | * [[Societal collapse]] | ||
| + | * [[Withering away of the state]] | ||
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Decline involves a downward change over time, for example:
- from previously efficient to inefficient organizational functioning
- from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-making
- from previously law-abiding to law-violating organizational and individual behavior
- from previously virtuous to iniquitous individual moral behavior
Note: distinguish the noun decline from the adjective obsolete. Decline refers to the degenerating of something (compare obsolescence) whereas obsolete refers to the outdatedness of something or labels something as no longer in use. Decline represents the process of declining, a gradual sinking and wasting away.
Social decline or moral decline is typically characterised as reduced adherence to cultural or social norms or values and widespread lapses in ethical behavior. Compare social decay.
Etymology
- From Latin de (“down”) + clīnō (“I bend, I incline”).
See also
- Decadence
- Decline of the Roman Empire
- Ottoman Decline Thesis
- The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
- Social disintegration
- Societal collapse
- Withering away of the state
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