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This 3 page paper discusses the ways in which people form their value systems, how organizations may do the same, and what happens when companies do not act according to their values, as well as what happens when individuals are not in agreement with their company’s values. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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or not they share the companys values. If they are congruent, then everyone is happy but if they disagree with company values and ethics, it can be a very difficult
situation. This paper discusses how people develop their personal and workplace values, how they drive behavior, whether or not they align with those of the workplace, and what happens if
they do not. Discussion Developing personal and organizational values: People start to develop a value system very early in life, and naturally most of those values come from their parents.
These are the people they see first, the people they love and the people they trust. They tend to accept what their parents tell them and internalize those comments without
thinking. This is why young voters often vote the same way their parents do, and why their political thinking, social attitudes and so on are the same. Its also why,
as people get older, they often change their political affiliation and state opinions on important issues (abortion, health care, immigration, etc) that are very different from those they expressed earlier.
Organizations are much different, because they are created to meet a need and they operate for profit. Still, most companies develop a mission statement and code of ethics in which
they spell out clearly what they want to accomplish and how they intend to accomplish it. Recent scandals (Enron, WorldCom) and outlandish executive salaries and perks have raised the issue
of whether or not companies actually abide by their ethical positions or are simply greedy. But for the purposes of this paper, lets assume that the organization has a mission
statement that says it is in business to supply a quality product at a price that everyone can afford; and that its ethical statement says that it will obey the
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