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Cultural Values and Personal Ethics PaperPersonal, organizational, and cultural values are the basis of an individual's personal and professional decision-making style . These values are the key ingredients that make up our core beliefs. Values are ideas that are actions that can be right or wrong, right or wrong, and that form the basis of human action (Tosi 2000). Personal values could also be called morality, because they reflect the general expectations of any person in any society, acting in any capacity. These are the principles that we try to instill in our children and that we expect from each other without needing to express our expectations or formalize the process in any way. The family is the first school for a child where the seeds of cultural values are sown (Jain para 6). Cultural values are the beliefs of a human group that can be identified. Cultural value is the most recent terminology used in the literature on international relations and economics. Individuals acting in an organization bear an additional burden of ethical responsibility. For example, organizations have codes of ethics that prescribe behaviors required in the context of a professional practice such as medicine, law, accounting, or engineering. These written codes provide rules of conduct and standards of behavior based on the principles of professional ethics (Colero para15). Personal Values My personal values include hard work, honesty, success in life, flexibility and helping others. My values evolve around a fulfilling lifestyle that allows me to be a supportive, loving and contributing member of my family and community. A clear picture of our personal values allows us to rank tasks on our "to-do" lists based on their proximity to... middle of paper ...... individual employees in organizations - A framework of integration. Journal of the American Academy of Business, Cambridge (8) 2, 105-112. Retrieved March 30, 2006 from EBSCOhost database. Payne, Neil. (February 2006) International affairs: in today's globalized market, knowing how to lead intercultural meetings is essential. (Motivation). In Kitchen and Bathroom, 53, p30(1). Retrieved April 3, 2006 from InfoTrac OneFile Siva, Manu. Difference in cultural values. India Today (20) 3. 45-48 Retrieved April 3, 2006 from http://www.indiatoday.com.Care, Raj. Clarify and apply personal values: recovered priorities and integrity. April 1, 2006 at http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/skills/values.htmTosi, Henry L (2000). Cultures: national and organizational. Organizational Behavior Management, 4th Edition, 341-383. New York: Blackwell Publishers