Values, Beliefs, Attitudes & Ethics

Question 1

Ethics (provide example)

Answer 1

Helps us decide whats morally right and wrong. It focuses on doing whats right
Ex: reporting workplace abuse rather than turning a blind eye

Question 2

Values (provide examples)

Answer 2

Person’s standards of behaviour. Focuses on what’s important
Ex: honesty, respect, empathy

Question 3

Attitudes (provide example)

Answer 3

Reflected in someone’s behaviour. Thinking or feeling about someone or something
Ex: having a positive attitude towards challenges

Question 4

Beliefs (provide example)

Answer 4

Assumptions about the world that may or may not be true. Easier to verbalize
Ex: believing in the importance of environmental conservation or the fact that everyone deserves equal rights

Question 5

What influences ethics and beliefs?

Answer 5

Experiences, situational, individual values

Question 6

Overt values (provide example)

Answer 6

Explicitly communicated and embraced by society
Ex: equality for everyone

Question 7

Covert values (provide example)

Answer 7

Implied but not in writing. Showing feeling without saying it. Not openly acknowledged and sort of hidden
Ex: Personal space - unspoken expectation of a certain distance