Just as key cultural values go without being said, so too the means for teaching, enforcing, and reinforcing those values also function below the surface. Because these means of enforcing a value are always connected to the value they are enforcing, the means are sometimes misidentified as values. For example, honor and shame are commonly discussed as values in collectivist cultures. In actuality, honor is not a value but a means of enforcing and reinforcing a value.
