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Human Values:
Value education is always crucial for influencing a person's life and providing them with the
chance to compete internationally. Value education is becoming more and more important for
parents, kids, teachers, and other stakeholders as seen by the rise in violent crimes, behavioral
issues, social discord, and other problems. Value education enables us to understand our
needs and visualize our goals correctly and indicate the direction for their fulfillment. It also
helps remove our confusions and contradictions and enables us to rightly utilize the
technological innovations.
Human values refer to the basic inherent moral inclinations towards kindness, honesty,
loyalty, love, peace, sympathy, truth etc. that enhance fundamental goodness of human beings
and society at large. They are the values that human beings cherish and hold in common,
consciously and otherwise, in most of the places and times and practice them. Human values
help in understanding the attitude, motivation, behavior, and also influence one’s perception
about the world. They enable the interpretation of “right and wrong” and provide the ways to
understand humans and organizations. The principal human values are discussed in brief as
follows:
i. Love & Compassion: Love manifests in sincere care of others, kindness, empathy
and compassion for all. True unconditional love leads to compassion. It may be seen
in operation in human acts of generosity, mercy and charity.
ii. Peace: Peace contains values like equality, humility, optimism, patience,
selfconfidence, self-control, self-esteem etc. Its scope includes peace at the levels of
individual, society and the world.
iii. Truth: Truth is eternal and unchanging, as it deals with ultimate and unchanging
reality. It is marked with values like accuracy, fairness, honesty, sincerity, justice,
fearlessness, integrity, quest for knowledge, determination, etc. In professional life,
the simplest manifestation of truth is in sincerity that can be seen in terms of
commitment to work.
iv. Non-Violence: Non-violence refers to restraint from consciously doing any harm
through one’s thoughts, speech or action to any entity. Non-violence demands
abstinence from hatred and nurturing love and compassion for all beings.
v. Righteousness: Righteousness is the backbone of core human values as it involves
conduct of life and action by practicing propriety and decorum at every stage. It
covers ethical guidelines, ethical behavior and moral values.
vi. Renunciation: Renunciation connotes caring attitude towards all living beings
without any selfish motives. It is seen in austerity, self-control, and selflessness of a
person.
vii. Service: Service is an action performed out of love. It also stands for compassion and
sacrifice for others. The value of service demands equanimity without any conditions
or discrimination based on caste, creed, race, region and religion.
viii. Discipline: Discipline indicates regulated values followed by the individual for all
beings. It contains values like regulation, direction, order, etc. Values are to be learned
through practices to form the foundation of strong human culture.
2. Professional Ethics:
Professionalism is the conduct or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or
professional; it implies quality of workmanship or service. Professional ethics guide how
members of a professional organization should, or should not, affect others in the course of
practicing their profession.
GOLDEN RULES:
i. Be trustworthy: In today’s society trust is an issue and any employee who exhibits
trustworthiness is on a fast track to professionalism. Being trustworthy means that one
will complete a work set to them, not let expectations down, and be dependable and
trustworthy when called upon to provide a service. You have to demonstrate your
integrity and worth over time in order to get the respect of your superiors and
coworkers.
ii. Be accountable: Being accountable is taking ownership of your activities and taking
responsibility for the results, whether positive or negative. It means owning up to your
faults and taking responsibility for your actions.
iii. Be courteous and respectful: Being amiable, courteous, and well-mannered with a
gracious respect for others is what it means to be courteous. It facilitates respectful
relationships, prevents conflict, and facilitates seamless social interactions at work.
Respect is a favorable sentiment of regard or deference for an individual or group; it
develops gradually and can be destroyed by a single thoughtless or careless act. To
preserve or even grow the initial respect earned, polite conversations must continue.
iv. Be honest, transparent is a component of moral character, honesty refers to good and
virtue-filled qualities including loyalty, integrity, sincerity, fairness, and open
communication, as well as acting in a way that makes one's activities visible to others.
v. Be competent and improve continually Competence is the capacity to accomplish a
task correctly; it is the result of a person's conduct, knowledge, and abilities combined
to enhance performance. Experience and a willingness to learn and adapt are the two
main ways that competency develops. It is always necessary to continue developing
oneself in order to provide competent service.
vi. Always be ethical Acting morally within bounds and in conformity with the widely
recognized norms of behavior or codes of conduct is considered ethical behavior.
When an employee follows the rules, they are safe.
vii. Always be honorable and act with integrity Being virtuous and having integrity on a
personal level is acting in a way that demonstrates "nobility of soul, magnanimity, and
a scorn of meanness." This idea refers to a character's "wholeness or completeness" in
accordance with particular values, beliefs, and principles, as well as consistency in
behavior and results.
viii. Be respectful of confidentiality Respecting the set of guidelines or an agreement that
prevents you from sharing information further or without authorization is what it
means to be confidential. Throughout your professional journey, you will get
confidential information from colleagues or the organization; it is crucial to uphold
these confidences.
ix. Set good examples By following the aforementioned guidelines, you can enhance
your professionalism inside your company, but your efforts won't be fully realized
until you also impart knowledge to others who work beneath and around you. You
have to lead by example and demonstrate. Leading a model life both within and
outside of the company is what it means to be a professional.