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  • 1.  Discovering Values

    Posted 04-06-2009 14:59
    Have teams construct a Standard of Care for the officers of a hypothetical
    enterprise, then use it to grade themselves as a "learning enterprise"
    Jack Ring
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    From: "Carolyn Fausnaugh" <cfausnau@FIT.EDU>
    To: <MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU>
    Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:20 AM
    Subject: Re: Financial crash of 9-11-08


    > Another good response. What are techniques for having people discover
    > their personal values?
    >
    > C.
    >
    > Carolyn J. Fausnaugh PhD CPA
    > Assistant Professor of Strategy & New Ventures
    > College of Business
    > Florida Institute of Technology
    > 150 W. University Boulevard
    > Melbourne, Florida 32901 - 6975
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    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Management Education and Development Discussion
    > [mailto:MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Mansfield Elkind
    > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 1:12 PM
    > To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Subject: Re: Financial crash of 9-11-08
    >
    > It may make sense to take the road back to personal values again. When
    > executives or students discover their most important personal values in
    > the
    > context of work it provides a built-in gyroscope that can keep them on
    > purpose relative to what's most important to them deeply and personally
    > when
    > they're making decisions, communicating and behaving. Values almost
    > automatically redirect people away from committing ethics violations.
    > Money
    > is very rarely an important value and that's a shocker for a lot of
    > people
    > when they discover their values. Unfortunately, hardly anyone is aware
    > of
    > their most important values.
    >
    > It's usually a challenge to discover one's most important values but
    > it's
    > typically surprising to people how easy it is to apply them. I believe
    > that
    > discovering one's personal values is one of the key's for dealing with
    > the
    > important issues that I've enjoyed reading about in your discussions.
    >
    > Manny
    >
    > Manny Elkind
    > Mindtech, Inc.
    > 35 Williams Road
    > Sharon, MA 02067
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    > Fax: 781-784-4764
    > E-mail: melkind@mindtech3.com
    > Website:www.mindtech3.com
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Management Education and Development Discussion
    > [mailto:MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Zane Berge
    > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:52 AM
    > To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    > Subject: Re: Financial crash of 9-11-08
    >
    > It seems to me that if a person or people in a company are unethical,
    > he/she/they can not maximize profits. While good to bring up ethical
    > considerations whenever an issue or opportunity arises, to focus on
    > ethics
    > (in other than a business ethics class) may be senseless.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Zane
    >
    > Zane Berge, Ph.D.
    > Professor of Education
    > berge@umbc.edu
    > www.emoderators.com
    >