Culture is Learned

It can be very difficult, if not impossible, to change someone's habits that they have learned from family. You have to be careful when trying to change cultural tendencies learned from family because it can be seen as a slight against an individuals family. There is a balance between learning new ideas of respect while still respecting the teaching and authority of an individuals heritage.

Within the workplace it may be easier to teach someone about respect from the standpoint of a company value rather than changing a family value. As the individual learns what respect in the workplace looks like they may find ways to apply this in their personal life as well. Approaching the topic of respect this way will help it to come across as a positive learning experience rather than a negative towards the learning they have had up to this point.