A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as honour, kindness and trust, no longer seem important. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

People's value is now measured by their position and their financial strength unlike in the past where virtues are more appreciated. I agree with

this

point of view because important positions in the society are reserved for the rich as well as

nepotism increase

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the nepotism increase

in workplaces.

Firstly

, people with dignity were formally rewarded for

this

behaviour with important positions in the society to overlook some certain affairs of the state that requires

such

values.

However

, people can now buy

such

positions with their money through fake charities to gain the attention of the government and the people.

for

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For

example, many rich people in my village engage in temporary giveaway just to get a

chieftancy

position, knowing

fully

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full

well

that is

the only the measuring yardstick required nowadays.

Thus

, rich people are rewarded with important positions inconsiderate of their

characters but

Accept comma addition

characters, but

based on their money.

Furthermore

, nepotism is now a trend in the workplace. To clarify, many interviewers are simply interviewed for the sake of formality by employers whereas they already have their candidates who are mostly the children of the elites.

For instance

, most companies would rather employ candidates that of wealthy background that can help the company with their parent connections to get contracts.

Consequently

, merit is ignored and

this

bad trend is encouraged even in the workplace. To conclude, materialism has taken over good moral

compass

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compass, such as

such

as kindness, dignity and honesty which has eaten deep into our society. I recommend that people should promote

virtues

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the virtues

above wealth and status in order to discourage

this

bad trend that can pressure people to commit crime in order to belong.