What is Values

An aggregator and promoter of knowledge of foreign culture. As a verb, it means “holding something in high regard”.

Which is defined as interests, pleasure, likes, preferences, moral obligations, desires, wants, goals, needs, aversions, and attractions, which play a significant role on how people respond to climate change action like mitigation and adaptation.

Something that is regarded as desirable, worthy, right or as a belief in human attributes.

Standards or guiding principles that people have and use to determine which types of behavior, events, situations and outcomes are desirable or undesirable.

Beliefs, ethics, or principles that create a set of informal rules that regulate the behavior of a group or people bound by a common purpose ( Feldman, 2001 ).

A set of important principles and ethos by which an individual or a group of people are bound.

What matters to you.

Culturally or socially constructed notions of what is desirable or undesirable, right or wrong, or good or bad.

They are universal principles that are manifested in the behavior of the majority of people with the aim of achieving a better world and allowing the entire community to evolve.

Assumptions that determine what is ethical, what is wright, what is desirable and provide a foundation to human behaviors.

“Enduring beliefs that a specific mode of conduct is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence” ( Rokeach, 1968 , p. 160).

Concepts or ideas which one holds dear and often drives such behavior as decision making and/or problem solving

Principles or rules, covering dos and don’ts of right behavior in a society, culture, or religion.

It refers to one’s judgement of what is important in life.

The positive and negative judgments that people assign to ways of being in the world. Each individual has a core of underlying values that contribute to that individual’s system of beliefs, ideas and/or opinions. A value system is in essence the ordering and prioritisation of ideals that an individual or society recognises as important.

Belief systems that are driving decisions and actions.

Important and lasting beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad and desirable or undesirable. They are what the civilized and rational minds cherish, esteem, price preciously and have inclined attitude for. They are principles or standards of a person or society for the good or benefit of the person or the society concerned.

A basic principles and beliefs according to which people direct their lives and behaviors.

The desirable objects, goals, or behaviors applied as normative standards to judge and to choose among alternative actions by individual.

Refer to thoughts and/or ideas that elicit an emotional response.

Principles to which an individual or organization subscribes.

Normative elements and mediators that guide development actors from the ethical perspective in their endeavors.

It refers to one’s judgement of what is important in life.

A core set of beliefs about how a person ought to behave and what should be done in certain situations and are related to peoples’ perceptions, views, and attitudes.

Something that means a lot to you, which you do not give up easily. Organizational values define the “range” of thinking and emotions, developing and operating the company. They are the background of the culture.

A set of important principles and ethos by which an individual or a group of people are bound.

Are personal and social beliefs about what is good and the relative importance of those beliefs. Values motivate action on the basis of belief about what is more important.

The ideals and social customs that can be associated with individuals or a group.

The notion is associated with principles, beliefs, ideals, codes, attitudes and norms. Values can be tangible (quantifiable) and intangible (qualitative) in nature. These notions help to make up the culture of the organization. Humanizing the economy transforms the structure of society to consolidate societal values in support of social inclusion and cohesion. The relationship between these values, namely, justice, freedom and solidarity, lies in the internalized trust imparted by the economic stakeholder.

They are internal constructs that determine the actions, behaviors, and motivations of people.

The personal measurement of importance a person places on another person, or actions, objects, or properties; often associated with morals and ethics.

Ideas that are given positive thought.

A set of principles that shape and control the behaviors of people. These are general concepts that reflect the opinions, emotions, priorities, and objectives of the majority to ensure the continuity of the organizations.

Beliefs, ethics, or principles that create a set of informal rules that regulate the behavior of a group or people bound by a common purpose ( Feldman, 2001 ).

Student thinking that demonstrates an understanding of communication principles that appreciate principles such as freedom, democracy, ethics, honesty, and character.

Values are defined as generalized, enduring beliefs about the personal and social desirability that can be meaningfully employed at cultural, societal, institutional, organizational, group, and individual.

The desired experiences and choices of character a person acts to create and to keep, such as their human rights.

A set of abstract and general principles that guide behavior. Individual values are, in effect, judgments about what is right or wrong and good or bad.

Collective conceptions of what is considered good, bad, or improper in a culture.

One of the first things a child learns from its parents. At that time, we were taught, among others things, about what is: good versus evil, clean versus dirty, beautiful versus ugly, natural versus unnatural, normal versus abnormal, logical versus illogical, rational versus irrational, and fair versus unfair. These values are broad tendencies to prefer some conditions to others.

Abstract concepts varying in importance that serve as guiding principles in an individual’s life.

A double concept, including Personal values as beliefs that guide individual behaviors, and Organizational values as norms transmitted to employees who guide decisions and behavior in the workplace. Its alignment plays a major role on organizational commitment . So, espoused (sanctioned by senior managers and located at the level of top management), attributed (those that members attribute to the organization and located at the collective level), shared (reflections of members’ personal values located at the level of individual members) and aspirational (members’ ideas of what ought to be the values and located at the level of individuals and groups) values should overlap . Values’ mismatch can be a good opportunity to promote participative transformational changes, through a values-based approach: identifying and solving existing gaps; promoting values’ congruence and assimilation ; thus (re)addressing the basis of culture.

Relatively enduring indicators used by people which signal that a specific mode of conduct is preferable to another.

They are internal constructs that determine actions, behaviors, and motivations of people.

Values are spoken of as those basic beliefs that allow the interpretation of the world, and what gives meaning to all events throughout our own experience. It is the values that determine our different positions in reference to things or life experiences, or those that allow us to take a position or form a criterion towards one or the other (Olaya, 2002).

The extent to which one’s central guides influence his/her perceptions of appropriate identity, preferences, beliefs and behaviors in a diverse workplace.

What is seen as important or relevant in life based on fundamental truths or principles, informed by culture, personality, and other sources (and understood as relevant at individual to mass-scale levels or micro/meso/macro-scale).

Values are general standards, principles, and guidelines for what is good or bad, desired or non-desired (e.g., honesty, fairness).

Values are defined as generalized, enduring beliefs about the personal and social desirability that can be meaningfully employed at cultural, societal, institutional, organizational, group and individual.

A set of beliefs that a person or group of people hold based on perceptions and experiences.

The set of believes and attitudes that each individual has.

Values are individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another. They serve as a guide for human behavior. Generally, people are predisposed to adopt the values they were raised with. People also tend to believe those values are “right” because they are the values of their culture.

The ideals that guide or qualify your personal conduct and interaction with others.

Things which are highly regarded or prized.