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Excessive standardization
Name(s):
Standardization
Nature
With increasing global standardization (such as the metric system, the Christian calendar, scientific and legal terms, etc) and the spread of cultural homogenization, there has been a decline of national identity and local customs.
Broader
Conformism
Obstacles to world trade
Narrower
Banned cultivation of plant species
Inadequate international standards of financial accounting and reporting
Reduces
Lack of standards
Aggravates
Inadequacy of international standards
Discriminatory imposition of standards
Discrimination against people of abnormal size
Aggravated by
Parochial telecommunications standards
Value(s)
Excess
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems