The importance of the Army Values within the United States Army. I will cover the seven values and their definition. Next, we will discuss where and when they became important to America’s Army. Lastly, we will discuss why, as leaders, it is important to live by these values both on and off duty. I hope to expand your knowledge on the topic and make you more aware as a leader. The seven Army values: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. We…
their unprofessional dress and demeanor. The problem is a problem because the staff and summer interns do not have shared values resulting in unprofessional behavior with visitors, which will detract from the number of patrons. The root cause of this problem is the educators have no experience of working with communities of color. I recommend, Cynthia Mackey…
ethical actions that rub off others to set the mood of good hard work. When coworkers complain I like to step in and say something positive to change the negative outlook because, “the results suggest that ethics codes may lead to higher levels of organizational commitment by increasing the belief that their organizations have strong ethical values, as long as the existence of ethics codes are adequately communicated” (Valentin, Barnett…
What is Honor? The definition of honor is having honesty, fairness or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions. There are very different perspectives on what the definition of honor is. Some say that having honor requires you to be a hero of some sort while others may see it as being a great basketball player who brought the team to victory. Even though there are different perspectives on what honor is, there are some things that we can agree on about what it takes to be honorable. Honor is…
Even though we have moral codes ourselves when we are in that place or in that situation, people tend to forget it for that sake. According to the Church of Scientology International, moral codes are defined as “a series of agreements to which a person has subscribed to guarantee the survival of a group.” These group include family, friends, company that you work in, etc. Moral codes were agreements that could be followed by human beings for their survival needs but the one they couldn’t be…
become vulnerable to a certain degree to that person. This means that at any time, there is a risk of intangible (and even tangible at times) cost. When a person breaks another’s trust, it often leaves the latter feeling betrayed along with many other negative emotions. Their happiness levels may decrease and this may affect various aspects of their life both personal and professional. Furthermore, it is commonly said that ‘trust must be earned’. Through this we can assume that anything that…
Staying true to your beliefs or your lifestyle is an attribute sought by many. It requires consistency and bravery to stand by a belief, no matter how silly. By describing the steadfast, unwavering, and focused nature of the barnacle, A.E Stallings in “The Barnacle” conveys the attitude of dedication to and stubbornness for beliefs or lifestyles. The steadfast, unwavering, and focused nature of the barnacle relates to the focus required for any meaningful or purposeful action. Stallings uses…
basic assumptions are essential in determining how members of a culture feel and react to anything. A basic assumption at Tulane would be that education is necessary and valuable. When determining the levels of culture, values follow basic assumptions. Values are the social beliefs of a culture that members of that culture belief are important and worth upholding. They determine what people believe is right…
Everyone has a culture, even that one kid in the hallway that always screams “RED ROBIN,” hoping to hear some other anonymous student say “YUM!” Though no one has shrieked those specific words since middle school. We all remember that one kid who exclaimed his excitement about Red Robin, it was part of our culture. Everyone has one, and many people don’t realize that culture tremendously affects our lives and how we perceive the world and its ideas. Culture makes us who we are, it…
Notice that, notes Amanda Ripley, “culture is a thing that changes. It’s more malleable than we think. Culture is like this ether that has all kinds of things swirling around in it, some of which are activated and some of which are latent. On the other hand, given an economic imperative or change in leadership or accident of history, those things get activated.” The good news is. “ Therefore, We Americans have a lot of things in our culture which would support a very strong education system,…