Personal Values
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Personal Values
According to the article written by Dennis Jaffe, & Cynthia Scott, CEO Robert Haas noted his philosophy in an interview in Harvard Business Review: "We've learned...that the soft stuff and the hard stuff are becoming increasingly intertwined. A company's values-what it stands for, what its people believe in-are crucial to its competitive success. Indeed, values drive the business"(1). “Managers' attitudes and behaviors are built upon their personal value systems (PVS), Knowledge about the structure of management's PVS assists in understanding the attributes of corporate decision making”(2). In the past managers use to tell employees what to do and stand over them to make sure they did what they were told. Today managers are in a position in which they have to guide, train, and support, motivate, and couch employees (3). Because of this role managers have, their values play an important part in leading the team to accomplish the values expected from the company and their customers. In this paper the author will identify her values as determined by the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, how these values align with the values of Kudler Fine Foods, and how this would affect her performance as the manager of this organization.
My Values
According to Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, this authors Ethical Profile is most closely aligned with obligation and least closely aligned with results. This assessment correctly stated she is more concerned with doing what is morally right rather then achieving results. She always believes that every individual deserves respect for who they are. She will not take credit for somebody else’s work and will go beyond that to acknowledge any efforts they may have provided to the success of the outcome. People do have a right to make their own decisions, which is interesting because of the career she has chosen the last six years. This assessment...
According to the article written by Dennis Jaffe, & Cynthia Scott, CEO Robert Haas noted his philosophy in an interview in Harvard Business Review: "We've learned...that the soft stuff and the hard stuff are becoming increasingly intertwined. A company's values-what it stands for, what its people believe in-are crucial to its competitive success. Indeed, values drive the business"(1). “Managers' attitudes and behaviors are built upon their personal value systems (PVS), Knowledge about the structure of management's PVS assists in understanding the attributes of corporate decision making”(2). In the past managers use to tell employees what to do and stand over them to make sure they did what they were told. Today managers are in a position in which they have to guide, train, and support, motivate, and couch employees (3). Because of this role managers have, their values play an important part in leading the team to accomplish the values expected from the company and their customers. In this paper the author will identify her values as determined by the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, how these values align with the values of Kudler Fine Foods, and how this would affect her performance as the manager of this organization.
My Values
According to Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, this authors Ethical Profile is most closely aligned with obligation and least closely aligned with results. This assessment correctly stated she is more concerned with doing what is morally right rather then achieving results. She always believes that every individual deserves respect for who they are. She will not take credit for somebody else’s work and will go beyond that to acknowledge any efforts they may have provided to the success of the outcome. People do have a right to make their own decisions, which is interesting because of the career she has chosen the last six years. This assessment...