Value
Personal Source
with Examples
Justify the Value's Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions.
Mutual Respect My current supervisor has exceptional interpersonal skills. She always tries to treat all of her employees equally. She never talks down to her subordinates. Which I think is what makes the emotional environment at work tolerable. I have had jobs in the past where the managers felt that they were above or better than the people that worked for them. I had a retail job in college where I worked as a sales associate. I had heard not only the store manager but regional management say that hourly employees are not important because they can be replaced. I placed Mutual Respect at the top of my list because I think in order to be an effective manager you have to have the respect of your employees. As the saying goes you can't get respect without earning respect. If managers can involve their employees more in the decision making process it can make the employee feel like they are apart of the origination and that the company cares about their thoughts and opinions.
Personally I think this reverts back to the Golden Rule.
Integrity I work for an automotive manufacturer. Our factory workers are members of the United Auto Worker's Union (UAW). This year we will be going through contract negotiations. There has been a downturn in the market this year which will affect the hourly employees during negotiations because the company will be asking for major cost reductions. Because of these requ ...