Core Values and the

Air Force Member

Overview• Review the Air Force Core Values• Define Personal and Ethical Values• Why Commitment to the Air Force

Core Values is Essential• Checklist for Selecting Values

Integrity

An unfaltering devotion to honesty, truthfulness, doing one’s duty, and doing what is right

Service Before Self The giving of self to provide for the welfare of others. Air Force people focus service in the defense of the nation

The standard you should set for yourself

Excellence

Ethical Values• Universal Codes of Conduct• How We “Ought” to Behave• Accepted Standards of “Right”

and “Wrong”

• Sermon on the Mount• Ten Commandments• Covey’s Universal Principles• Golden Rule

Examples of Ethical Values

Examples Of Ethical Values

Sermon On The Mount• Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit• Blessed Are They That Struggle• Blessed Are The Spiritually Strong• Blessed Are The Merciful• Blessed Are The Peacemakers

The Ten Commandments• Have No Other Gods Before Me• Honor Your Father and Mother• Do Not Murder• Do Not Be Unfaithful• Do Not Steal• Do Not Lie or Give False Testimony• Don’t Get Jealous

Examples Of Ethical Values

Covey’s Universal Values- Fairness - Patience- Dignity - Honesty- Quality - Service- Charity - Kindness- Integrity

Examples Of Ethical Values

Examples Of Ethical Values

• “Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them do Unto You”

• Found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity

The Golden Rule

Personal Values

• Choices, Beliefs, and Attitudes• Not “Good” or “Bad”• Express Personal Preference

My Personal Values• Grow Spiritually• Convey an Active and Personal Concern

to All People• Relate Everything• Maintain Openness to Life

Experience• Maintain Physical Fitness

Examples Of Personal Values

Examples Of Personal Values

• Physical Fitness Increases Self Esteem• “The Odd Couple”

– Felix - Perfectionist– Oscar - Messy, Free Living

• Congruent Core, Personal, and Ethical Values Result in Good Decisions

Commitment To AF Core Values Is Essential

Minimal Congruency

ETHICAL PERSONALAF

MinimalEffectiveness

Maximum Congruency

ETHICAL PERSONAL

AF Maximum Effectiveness

• Builds Professional Trust• Builds a Strong Air Force

Commitment To AF Core Values Is Essential

• Exercise Free Choice• Choose from Alternatives• Consider the Consequences• Prize It• Affirm It• Act On It• Repeat It

Checklist for Selecting Values

• Make Decision to Get in Shape

• Choose Running as • Best Way• Consider Time • Commitment• Start Training• Chart Progress• Prioritize Running• 25 Years Of Running

• Exercise FreeChoice

• Choose fromAlternatives

• Consider theConsequences

• Prize It• Affirm It• Act On It• Repeat It

Checklist For Selecting Values“Getting In Shape”

Summary• Review the Core Values

• Essential Ingredients Needed to Build a Quality Air Force

• We Should Work Toward “Meshing” Our Personal, Ethical, and AF Core Values

Summary

• Define Personal and Ethical Values

• Ethical - Universal Codes of Conduct; Common Standards of Right and Wrong

• Personal - Choices, Beliefs, Attitudes; Not “Good” or “Bad” in Themselves