The Importance Of Values And Ethics

Values and ethics......We all have them. And if the truth is told, values and ethics are based on how an individual sees the world from their point of view. Of course, each individual perceives life differently. Likewise, life can be an ease or challenging for each person. When it boils down to it, how a person perceives life, reflects what they value or what they think is right or wrong. Although people deal with comparable set of circumstances, their reactions are what makes them differ. However, individual’s values and ethics decide their actions in a particular situation. As a matter of fact, Gulla (2010) argued that core values are the inner consciousness results, which is the form of spirit, soul, or energy within us (p. 1).

In addition, it is widely known that values differ from individual to individual, culture to culture and century to century. Correspondingly, understanding values is an on-going process. According to Roccas and Sagiv (2017), values are cognitive representations of basic motivations (p. 3). Furthermore, the authors expressed that in different times and situations, values represent desirable goals and reflect what people consider important and worthy (p. 4). So where did values come from? According to Vilkka (1997), values comes from culture or from nature (p. 87). By the same token, the author further suggested that the cultural view of value can be classified as cultural constructivism. Likewise, basic human values typically include home, work, health, education, friends, family, and

Equally important, there is absolutely no acceptance for unethical behavior. Moreover, working in a small consultant company relies on employees’ values and ethics. As a matter of fact, the company was established on values and ethics. The company open its doors as a purposeful culture with strong means of keeping values and ethics on the agenda. Indeed, employees are expected to handle all situations and customers with integrity. Although, the company has made some organizational changes, the business continues to align the practices and values for growth and