Religious values

[7] In a study by Thomas Tang on monetary intelligence found that making ethical decisions in the study was related to recalling the Ten Commandments, which are a Christian set of ethical teachings from which Christian values are developed.

[7] The Roman Catholic leader, Pope Francis wrote an encyclical called ‘Laudato Sí’.

[8] A study by Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research and Yale University researchers, found that 40% of American Catholics were only aware of the encyclical and the encyclical did not produce much of a difference in their reaction to climate change.

[9] Joseph Tamney and his colleagues conducted a study to create a model representing the reasons why or why not individuals support legalised abortion in the American population.

[16] A study investigated the role of religion in how attitudes about homosexuality is shaped in 33 countries.

[10] Their attitudes are no different to countries that are Buddhist, Protestant or Orthodox whose penalties are not as harsh.

[11] Religion is considered to promote sustaining marriage and traditional sexual norms.

[17] A study held by Joshua Tuttle and Shannon Davis found that religion decreases the occurrence of infidelity in married couples.

[17] They also found that being religious did not stop marital infidelity from occurring, but it also did not change the chance of divorce.

[12] Nittin Essoo and Sally Dibb found in their study that religious consumers were more practical in their shopping than devout shoppers, focusing more on the deals on the price and the credit which is available.

[12] When analysing Hindu behaviours when shopping, Essoo and Dibb described it as fatalism which sided with the religion's beliefs of self-control, calmness, detachment and compassion, which the researchers claimed explained their passive shopping behaviour.

[12] This meant they were less likely to put effort into purchasing and were more accepting of poor service and high prices.

[19] Schweiker mentions five of these listed below: Saudi Arabia and other countries enforces Islamic law.

In Australia, witnesses and jurors who appear at court are asked to make either an oath or affirmation upon any religious text if they wish and by any god recognised by their religion, if they do identify with one.

[21] Court Services Victoria[21] detailed the pledge on their website:“I swear (or the person taking the oath may promise) by Almighty God (or the person may name a god recognised by his or her religion) that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” (para.

[21]Female adherents of Islam are advised to wear the hijab in public (in-front of anyone they could marry), which is a veil covering their hair.