ABSTRACT
The experiences that shape moral orientations come not from some amorphous entity called "environment" but from more intimate contexts. There is the family, which is critically important in childhood and continues to be influential in later years. There are also school and friendship associations. In many traditional societies these groups were all that really mattered. For modern men and women, family and friends are still highly important. But they have been joined by larger-scale, formal organizations that entwine the lives of people from the highest levels of citizenship to the mundane events of daily work.
