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title: Values Survey
author: Lori Carter
date: 2021-07-21
pagecat: worksheet
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## What is a value?

Ayn Rand, philosopher:

> A value is something you are willing to act on.  


Richard Bolles, *What Color is Your Parachute*:

> Values are a matter of what guides you through every day, every task,
every encounter with another human being. 


Sarah Spiekermann, *Ethical IT*:

> [A value is] a preference that is felt and/or considered to be justified – morally,
by reasoning, or by aesthetic judgments, usually by two or all three of
these.  


## Some questions about values

1. Write the definition of "value" in your own words.

2. Identify your values. 

    Begin by circling the values in
the list below that are **most** important to you. (One way to start to
do this is to look back on your life to identify when you felt good or
confident about a choice. For example, learning to play a sport,
instrument or some other skill that involve practice- then maybe you
value physical activity, competition or challenge. ) Try to choose 20-25
top values.

3. After you have circled your 20-25 top values, put a W
next to the circled values that might inform where you would choose to
work when you graduate.

4. When everyone in your group has finished, each person should choose two
of the values that they have put W’s next to and describe to the group
how that value would influence a job choice.


## A list of values

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Achievement

Advancement

Adventure

Appreciation

Attentiveness

Authenticity

Autonomy

Balance

Beauty

Being the best

Belonging

Challenge

Compassion

Competition

Consistency

Contentment

Creativity

Curiosity

Decisiveness

Dependability

Dignity

Diversity

Education

Enjoyment

Entrepreneurship

Environmental Protection

Equality

Fame

Family

Financial security

Flexibility

Freedom

Fun

Generosity

Gratitude

Growth

Happiness

Harmony

Health

Honesty

Hospitality

Humility

Humor

Inclusivity

Individuality  

Independence

Influence

Innovation

Integrity

Intelligence

Justice

Kindness

Leadership

Leisure

Listening

Love

Loyalty

Making a difference

Mastery

Mercy

Open-mindedness

Originality

Patriotism

Peace

Physical activity

Power

Privacy

Problem solving

Professionalism

Punctuality

Quality

Recognition

Relationships

Reliability

Resourcefulness

Respect

Rigor

Risk-taking

Safety

Security

Sensitivity

Self-expression

Service

Simplicity

Spirituality

Stability

Status

Success

Teamwork

Tenacity

Tolerance

Transparency

Trustworthiness

Usefulness

Vision

Wealth
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