VALUES & VIRTUES

CS 15 - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

SUBMITTED BY:
MARSIELLE M. LUARCA
ALYSSA MAE M. LOPEZ
CHRISTALYN S. RAMOS
HAIZEL A. KING

SUBMITTED TO:
MRS. JUCEL G. JANDA
VALUES and VIRTUES
Reflection:
• What do you value? • What are your virtues?

Values
 The universal human values that transcend culture and race.
 Identified by different people and organizations as principles or standards of
behavior, depending on what their order of priorities are, and what they intend to
achieve.
Examples:
United Nations
 is an international organization founded in 1945 that is currently made up of 193
Member States having its mission of guided by the purposes and principles
contained in its founding Charter.
 The following are universal values enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations
and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
• Peace • Social Progress • Human Dignity
• Freedom • Equal Rights
Robert L. Dilenschneider
 Founder of Dilenschneider Group, a corporate strategic counselling and public
relations firm based in New York City.
 He wrote an article for Huffington Post entitled ‘Five Core Values for the
Workplace’ where corporate values for corporations and organizations are enlisted:
• Integrity • Diligence • Discipline
• Accountability • Perseverance
Shalom H. Schwartz
 A psychologist and cross-cultural researcher from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
 He conducted a research which covered different peoples and cultures to identify the
ten common values people have regardless of their racial and cultural backgrounds.
 In his report ‘Basic Human Values: Theories, Methods, and Applications’, the
findings of his research identified the ten basic values that can be characterized by
describing their central motivational goals. These are:
1. Self-Direction 6. Security
2. Stimulation 7. Conformity
3. Hedonism 8. Tradition
4. Achievement 9. Benevolence
5. Power 10. Universalism
The motivational goals that characterize the ten values identified were:
1. openness to change; 3. self-enhancement; and
2. self-transcendence; 4. conservation.

Virtues
 Latin: virtus, Ancient Greek: “arete”
 is moral excellence.
 is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is VALUED as a
foundation of principle and good moral being.
 is an adjective that describes positive and desirable qualities which usually mirrors a
value it represents.
Table 1. Difference between Values and Virtues
Values Virtues
Peace Peaceful, calm
Integrity Reputable, responsible, believable, honest, trustworthy
Love Loving, caring, compassionate, gentle, affectionate
Respect Respectful, civil
Balance Objective, fair, harmonious

* If values are the goal, virtues are the way to get there. A virtue is a characteristic of a
person which supports individual moral excellence and collective well being. Such
characteristics are valued as a principle and recognized as a good way to be. Virtues are
innate good qualities or morals within people. In this way, they are characteristics of
people but they do not define organizational or collective culture. In other words, values
reflect what is acceptable in terms of culture, but virtues reflect individual human
characteristics.