BELIEFS, ATTITUDES,BEHAVIO

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ELEONORA VARDANYAN

SPEECH 104

PROFESSOR MARTENEY

CODES OF CONDUCT

FOUR EXAMPLES OF VALUE SYSTEMS

The Six Pillars of Character

Gene Autry's Cowboy Code

Bushido Code

The Ideals of Chivalry

THE SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER

 TRUSTWORTHINESS

RESPECT

 RESPONSIBILITY

FAIRNESS

CARING

CITIZENSHIP

GENE AUTRY'S COWBOY CODE

The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.

He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.

He must always tell the truth.

He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.

He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.

He must help people in distress.

He must be a good worker.

He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.

He must respect women, parents, and his nation's laws.

The Cowboy is a patriot.

BUSHIDO CODE

Eight Principles of Bushido:

1. Jin: to develop a sympathetic understanding of people

2. Gi: to preserve the correct ethics

3. Chu: to show loyalty to one's master

4. Ko: to respect and care for one's parents

5. Rei: to show respect for others

6. Chi: to enhance wisdom by broadening one's knowledge

7. Shin: to be truthful at all times

8. Tei: to care for the aged and those of a humble station.

THE IDEALS OF CHIVALRY

Essential elements of ideology in the code.

1. Prowess- combination of courage, strength, and skill that command respect.

2. Honor- Having a strong sense of morality, integrity and deference before

those in the offices of authority.

3. Loyalty- Meaning the pledged word, was chivalry's fulcrum. 

4. Courtesy- Respectful behavior not only towards one's betters, but also for

those below one's own cast as well.

5. Courtly love- Designed to make the knight more polite and to lift the tone of

society, courtly love required required its disciple to be in a chronically

armorous condition, on the theory that he would thus be rendered more

courteous, gallant, and society in consequence more joyous.

MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS

Why Be Ethical?

People have lots of reasons for being ethical:

There is inner benefit. Virtue is its own reward.

There is personal advantage. It is prudent to be ethical. It’s good

business.

There is approval. Being ethical leads to self-esteem, the admiration

of loved ones and the respect of peers.

There is religion. Good behavior can please or help serve a deity.

There is habit. Ethical actions can fit in with upbringing or training

WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES?

Milton Rokeach of Stanford University theorized that

our values can be placed into two major categories.

Terminal Values- those values which describe our

ultimate life goals.

Instrumental Values- those values that guide our

day to day existence.

VALUE SYSTEMS

Puritan Value System

Enlightenment Value System

Transcendental Value System

Personal Success Value System

Collective Value System

HOW ARE VALUES LEARNED?

Moralizing- the method by which values are transmitted in a direct

manner from a parent or parent-like figure to the child or child like

figure.

Modeling- by watching the actions of the parental model, the child will

learn values are correct.

Experimenting- states that each individual must find his or her own

appropriate value system, for no two people necessarily have one system.

Clarification- teaches the consequences of accepting or denying a

particular value.

ATTITUDES

Attitudes guide our behavior..

Attitudes have a measureable direction.

Attitudes have importance or salience.

HOW ARE ATTITUDES CHANGED?

First, they can add new beliefs which will provide

you with information that will soften your attitude.

Second, they can try and get you to change

behavior.