Taking Charge (2nd ed.), Chapter 8.1
- 1. Dealing With Tests Section 8.1: Making the Grade In Your Personal Life Taking Charge: Chapter 8 © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 2. 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 © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 3. What Are Values? A guiding principle that helps you make choices in life Positive Honesty Negative Selfishness © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 4. 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 © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 5. Integrity The adherence to values and ethical principles even when not convenient or nobody will know the difference What you do when nobody is looking © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 6. 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 © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 7. 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 © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 8. Ethical Models and Tests Mary Guy Model The Sunlight Test The Newspaper Test The Test of Time © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 9. 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. © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 10. 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 © 2010 TSTC Publishing