Power Distance. The Power Distance (PD) dimension refers the extent to which a society accepts the unequal distribution of power in institutions and organizations. Hofstede reported that in the high PD cultures societies hold that people are not equal but that everyone has a rightful place. Societies value obedience, conformity, authority, supervision, and cooperation; there is a social hierarchy and inequality. In low PD cultures societies hold that inequality should be minimized. They value independence, personality, and consultancy instead of autocratic decision-making, there is a strong ethic of competition. It was found that members of low PD cultures respect equality as antecedents to freedom, while members of high PD cultures view servitude and antecedents to freedom. Australia, money as United States and Canada scored relatively low on the PD scale.