Social Responsibilities

Life Competencies

Framework Overview

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

This framework outlines three key core areas and their specific components.

Understanding personal responsibilities as part of a social group

Understanding responsibilities within a social group: Recognizing and comprehending the duties and obligations one has as a member of various social groups (e.g., family, community, school, workplace).
Fulfilling responsibilities within a social group: Actively carrying out and meeting the duties and obligations identified within social groups, demonstrating accountability and contribution.

Showing intercultural awareness

Understanding aspects of own culture: Developing an awareness and comprehension of one's own cultural background, values, beliefs, and practices.
Understanding aspects of other cultures: Gaining knowledge and appreciation for the diverse cultural backgrounds, values, beliefs, and practices of others.
Interacting with others across cultures: Effectively communicating and collaborating with individuals from different cultural backgrounds, demonstrating respect, empathy, and adaptability.

Understanding global issues

Discussing a range of global issues: Engaging in informed conversations about significant challenges and opportunities facing the world, such as climate change, poverty, human rights, and technological advancements.
Recognizing personal impact on global issues: Identifying and understanding how individual actions, choices, and lifestyles contribute to or are affected by broader global issues.

🎓 Quiz Social Responsibilities Competence

1. Multiple Choice

What does it mean to fulfill your responsibilities within a social group?
A. Doing what benefits only you
B. Taking initiative to help others and contribute to group success
C. Avoiding group tasks to prevent conflict
D. Waiting for others to take the lead

✅ Correct Answer: B

2. True or False

Understanding personal responsibilities means recognizing how your actions affect others.
✅ Correct Answer: True

3. Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of intercultural awareness?
A. Ignoring cultural differences to avoid offense
B. Assuming your culture is superior
C. Listening and learning from someone with a different background
D. Speaking only your native language abroad

✅ Correct Answer: C

4. Short Answer

Name one responsibility you have in your school, workplace, or community.
✎ Open response

5. Multiple Choice

Why is it important to understand your own culture when developing intercultural awareness?
A. To criticize it
B. To compare it competitively with others
C. To explain it clearly and respect differences
D. To reject other cultures

✅ Correct Answer: C

6. True or False

Global issues like climate change and poverty are only relevant to people in affected countries.
✅ Correct Answer: False

7. Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a global issue?
A. Deforestation
B. Local sports tournament results
C. Climate change
D. Access to clean water

✅ Correct Answer: B

8. Short Answer

Give one example of how your actions can impact a global issue.
✎ Open response
(E.g., “Reducing plastic use helps reduce pollution.”)

9. Multiple Choice

Which behavior best shows responsibility in a group setting?
A. Blaming others when things go wrong
B. Avoiding group decisions
C. Taking responsibility and contributing solutions
D. Letting others handle the work

✅ Correct Answer: C

10. Reflection (Short Answer)

Why is developing social responsibility important for personal and global growth?
✎ Open response
(E.g., “It helps people work together, respect differences, and make the world better.”)

QUIZ

READING

🌍 Social Responsibilities

A Core Life Competence

📘 Before Reading Think, Share, Predict

How Do You Impact the World?

A Reflect on the following prompts individually for 3–5 minutes:
Think of a group you belong to (e.g., family, school, team). What is your role?
Have you ever interacted with someone from a different culture? What did you learn?
What’s one global issue you care about and why?

B Group Work Share your reflections

C Class Work Create a mind map on the board or digital whiteboard titled “Social Responsibility” with branches like:

Local responsibilities
Cultural awareness
Global impact

Prediction prompt

Based on our discussion, what do you think this article will say about social responsibility?

📖 While Reading

Categorize

Tracking the Three Core Areas

While reading the article, take notes or highlight the text and complete the following chart.

You may want to use color-coded highlighters or tags for each core area to visually distinguish between them during reading.

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🌍 Social Responsibilities

A Core Life Competence

In today’s deeply interconnected world, social responsibility is not just a virtue—it’s an essential life competence. It reflects an individual's ability to understand their role within diverse social contexts, engage respectfully across cultures, and act consciously in relation to global challenges. Mastering this competence is crucial for building inclusive communities, fostering ethical decision-making, and contributing to a more sustainable and just future.

The Social Responsibilities Framework is typically organized into three core areas, each with specific components that guide the development of this foundational skill.

1. Understanding Personal Responsibilities within a Social Group

This area emphasizes an individual’s role and accountability within the various social groups they belong to—from family and peers to schools, workplaces, and communities. It’s about both understanding and fulfilling one’s responsibilities to support collective well-being.

• Understanding responsibilities within a social group

This involves recognizing the duties, norms, and expectations associated with being part of a group. Whether in a family, classroom, team, or neighborhood, individuals are expected to contribute to shared goals and support the group's cohesion. Understanding these roles requires cognitive awareness of how individual actions impact the group dynamic.

• Fulfilling responsibilities within a social group

Awareness must translate into action. This component highlights consistent, proactive engagement in group responsibilities—completing tasks, supporting others, and participating meaningfully. It reflects accountability, reliability, and a commitment to shared success.

2. Showing Intercultural Awareness

As global mobility increases, the ability to navigate cultural diversity with empathy and openness has become indispensable. Intercultural awareness fosters mutual respect, reduces bias, and strengthens social harmony.

• Understanding aspects of one's own culture

Before appreciating other cultures, individuals must develop insight into their own. This includes understanding personal values, communication styles, traditions, and historical influences. Such self-awareness shapes identity and frames how one perceives and engages with the world.

• Understanding aspects of other cultures

Building intercultural competence involves learning about others' customs, beliefs, social norms, and perspectives. It helps dismantle stereotypes, promotes empathy, and enriches interpersonal relationships in multicultural environments.

• Interacting with others across cultures

This is where understanding becomes action. It involves communicating and collaborating respectfully across cultural boundaries, showing adaptability, curiosity, and sensitivity. Effective intercultural interaction is rooted in active listening, open-mindedness, and a commitment to mutual understanding.

3. Understanding Global Issues

Social responsibility extends beyond local contexts—it also requires awareness of complex global challenges that affect humanity at large. This core area encourages individuals to think critically about global interdependence and recognize their personal influence on the world.

• Discussing a range of global issues

This component entails engaging thoughtfully with pressing global concerns such as climate change, poverty, migration, human rights, and public health. It involves critical thinking, openness to diverse perspectives, and informed discussion based on credible information sources.

• Recognizing personal impact on global issues

Each person’s actions—what we consume, how we travel, what we support—has ripple effects across the globe. This component fosters reflection on how individual choices can either contribute to or mitigate global problems, empowering learners to adopt more sustainable, ethical behaviors.

🌱 Social responsibility is a dynamic, multifaceted competence—interweaving self-awareness, cultural intelligence, and global consciousness. When individuals actively cultivate this competence, they become more engaged citizens, compassionate collaborators, and thoughtful leaders—capable of shaping a more inclusive and sustainable world. It’s not just about knowing what’s right; it’s about choosing to act on it—locally and globally.

🧠 After Reading Connect, Reflect, Act

From Knowledge to Action

Instructions:

Connect: In small groups, students discuss how one idea from each of the three core areas relates to something they’ve experienced in real life.
Reflect: Individually, students answer:
- Which core area resonated with you the most and why?
- What new idea or perspective did you gain from this reading?
Act: Choose one action you can take this week that reflects social responsibility in one of the core areas (e.g., helping in a group, learning about another culture, reducing plastic use).
Write this commitment on a shared wall, padlet, or poster titled My Social Responsibility Pledge.

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