Values Don’t Function Independently
Over the last few days you have been assessing your values and how the affect your decision making, your successes and also your failures. As part of this you have probably realized that values don’t function or operate independently. Values function as a team, and are called a “value system”.
There are a few different types of values systems in play when making a decision and they are:
- Personal Value System – this is a value system help by and applied to one individual
- Communal or Cultural Value System – this is a value system held by and applied to a community/group/society.
Sometimes you will find that your personal value system is in play when making a decision and sometimes you will find your communal or cultural value system. It’s important to distinguish in your personal decisions which system is affecting you at that specific point.
So today’s activity is devised to get you to recognize how these two value systems differ for you. You have already taken the time to document your personal value system, so today take just 10 minutes to work out values make up your communal or cultural value system.
Comments
An interesting exercise though I don’t think I trust communal values very much. Thoughts?
I think communal values has a purpose and an influence in how our personal values form, but I dont profess to like the idea that my values are driven by something I dont control