I feel that what Brooke Deterline meant by “shared values” is the values that she and her employer share when it comes to the company they both work for. She says “This man hired me because he believed in me, because believed in me to do my job” The company they belong to have a code of ethics for the way they conduct business that is probably somewhat specific to the company. I think that is why she made a point to say that what the CEO was doing was both “unethical and illegal”. To work together people must have values at least when it comes to how they run the company, otherwise there will be a breakdown in the actual operation of the business, a break down in the “checks and balances” that ensures that the company’s code of ethics is followed.
