Cultural Values and Personal Ethics
Cultural Values and Personal Ethics The extent to which nature vs. ... This assignment will give an overview of how three nurture related values affects my own decision making at a personal and professional level. These are my cultural, personal and organizational values. My Cultural Values To understand my cultural values and, therefore, there influence in my decision-making, let us take a quick look at the country where I spent the greater part of my life: Paraguay. ... Due to a general lack of education on almost all levels and the lack of trustworthy government institutions in Paraguay, people’s values generally can be bought at very accessible prices. ... such artificial assurances are not really necessary but because of my cultural values, I always ask for that extra assurance when available. My Personal Values To analyze my personal values and its influence in my decision-making lets start by defining “value”. ... The personal principles, standards and qualities I consider worthwhile or desirable are many but they all derive from: The capacity to earn honest money positively contributing to a community. ... ” Most people I know think that considering as a high personal value “The capacity to earn money” is a selfish and materialistic way of seeing the world but I disagree. I am a member of a non-profit organization and those personal values I have, helps a lot of people. I consider putting myself in the position to be able to make a difference in these peoples lives, a big personal value. ... On a personal and professional level, because of my personal values, I have always strived to base my decision making on a cold, objective manner keeping long term honest moneymaking a priority.