Taking Charge, Chapter 8.1

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“May I Have Your Attention Please …This is a Test!”

Section 8.1: Making the Grade

In Your Personal Life

Taking Charge: Chapter 8


Values

Certain situations we face are based on the value system we believe in

Having a well-defined set of values will help you stay on course as you meet personal challenges


What Are Values?

A guiding principle that helps you make choices in life

Positive Honesty

Negative Selfishness


Ethics and Values

Ethics- a group of morals that characterizes certain actions as right or wrong

Values- choices that indicate whether you are an ethical person


Integrity

The adherence to values and ethical principles even when when not convenient or nobody will know the difference

What you do when nobody is looking


Know Thyself

If you know who you are at your deepest level and let your values and ethics guide you, you can live with confidence that few situations will catch you off guard


Kohlberg’s Stages Of Moral Development

Stage 1- Please the authority figure Stage 2- You scratchy my back, I’ll scratch yours Stage 3- Self consciousness Stage 4- Keep the status quo Stage 5- Personal empowerment and social

contracts Stage 6- Do the right thing, precisely because it is

the right thing


Ethical Models and Tests

Mary Guy Model The Sunlight Test The Newspaper Test The Test of Time


Further Reflection

What values are most important to you?

How do you values affect your personal life?

Describe ways that you can use the information learned in Chapter 8 and apply it to your personal life.


Additional Resources

Personal Values Protect From Effects of Stress http://www.college.ucla.edu/news/05/shelleytaylorvaluesstress.html

The Importance of Integrity http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/articles/success/importanceofintegrity.htm

Moral Development in the Information Age http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/articles/willard.html

Education

Taking Charge, Chapter 8.1