How to uphold your core values in the workplace
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About the episode
In the complex modern workplace, it is not uncommon for employees to face requests from higher up that conflict with their personal values.
Simon Longstaff AO FCPA, executive director of The Ethics Centre, says humans are driven by values and principles.
“Both are essential, and both do different work. Values typically allow you to distinguish between options that you think you might prefer. Principles shape how you get those things. If you are unaware of either of them, you are potentially at risk,” Longstaff says.
“When you work for an organisation, you are bound by duty to apply its values and principles, and if they are not consistent with your own, then it is likely to be a very unhappy relationship,” he says.
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