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Essay / Effect of Cultural Values and Personal Ethics in...
Personal, organizational, and cultural values can create a difficult problem when trying to make a business decision that includes all of the previously mentioned elements. Personal values are what is held dear by every individual who lives the type of life they love and would like to lead. Organizational values are what allow the company to maintain a good public image and guide its employees. Cultures rely on traditions passed down from generation to generation to preserve a way of life that is dear and faithful to them. Trying to interweave these types of values when making professional and personal decisions in one's life can create a very stressful situation. Stick to your personal values and don't deviate from them, then you won't have too many difficult decisions to make. Values are personal rights and wrongs that parents instill in their children. Values are a person's outline or mission statement from which they try not to deviate. People can also learn values as they get older and find themselves in their own situations, good or bad. Values vary from person to person, but people must live and learn to discover the values that are very dear and close to them. Your values are also linked to morals and ethics. Personal values are the standards that people must live by and learn in order to determine what is right and wrong and which they will not accept in their lives. American culture prides itself on being able to live according to personal values. Values respected or not respected is a freedom we have as Americans. Instead of letting a dictator or authoritative figure tell us what our personal values will be. Organizational values are values that businesses/organizations...... middle of document ...... body of this document can help to support. people in organizations to reconcile their personal values and ethics with their professional life. A code of business ethics and/or a clearly stated set of values can help employees abide by the rules and provisions that will help them make legal and ethical decisions in business that will reflect positively on the organization.BibliographyColero, Larry . A framework for universal ethical principles. Retrieved August 3, 2005 from the UBC Center for Applied Ethics, website: http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/papers/invited/colero.htmlMcNamara, Carter MBA, Ph.D. Complete guide to ethical management: an ethical toolbox for managers. Accessed August 6, 2005, website: http://www.managementhelp.org/ethics/ethxgde.htmNash, Laura L. (1981). “Ethics without the sermon”. Harvard Business Review, (59).