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Core Values and the Air Force Member. Overview. Review the Air Force Core Values Define Personal and Ethical Values Why Commitment to the Air Force Core Values is Essential Checklist for Selecting Values. Integrity.
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Overview • Review the Air Force Core Values • Define Personal and Ethical Values • Why Commitment to the Air Force Core Values is Essential • Checklist for Selecting Values
Integrity An unfaltering devotion to honesty, truthfulness, doing one’s duty, and doing what is right
Service Before Self The giving of self to provide for the welfare of others. Air Force people focus service in the defense of the nation
Excellence The standard you should set for yourself
Ethical Values • Universal Codes of Conduct • How We “Ought” to Behave • Accepted Standards of “Right” and “Wrong”
Examples of Ethical Values • Sermon on the Mount • Ten Commandments • Covey’s Universal Principles • Golden Rule
Examples Of Ethical Values Sermon On The Mount • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit • Blessed Are They That Struggle • Blessed Are The Spiritually Strong • Blessed Are The Merciful • Blessed Are The Peacemakers
Examples Of Ethical Values The Ten Commandments • Have No Other Gods Before Me • Honor Your Father and Mother • Do Not Murder • Do Not Be Unfaithful • Do Not Steal • Do Not Lie or Give False Testimony • Don’t Get Jealous
Examples Of Ethical Values Covey’s Universal Values - Fairness - Patience - Dignity - Honesty - Quality - Service - Charity - Kindness - Integrity
Examples Of Ethical Values The Golden Rule • “Do Unto Others as You Would Have • Them do Unto You” • Found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
Personal Values • Choices, Beliefs, and Attitudes • Not “Good” or “Bad” • Express Personal Preference
Examples Of Personal Values My Personal Values • Grow Spiritually • Convey an Active and Personal Concern to All People • Relate Everything • Maintain Openness to Life Experience • Maintain Physical Fitness
Examples Of Personal Values • Physical Fitness Increases Self Esteem • “The Odd Couple” • Felix - Perfectionist • Oscar - Messy, Free Living
Commitment To AF Core Values Is Essential • Congruent Core, Personal, and Ethical Values Result in Good Decisions
Minimal Congruency ETHICAL PERSONAL AF Minimal Effectiveness
Maximum Congruency ETHICAL PERSONAL AF Maximum Effectiveness
Commitment To AF Core Values Is Essential • Builds Professional Trust • Builds a Strong Air Force
Checklist for Selecting Values • Exercise Free Choice • Choose from Alternatives • Consider the Consequences • Prize It • Affirm It • Act On It • Repeat It
Checklist For Selecting Values“Getting In Shape” • Make Decisionto Get • in Shape • Choose Running as • Best Way • Consider Time • Commitment • Start Training • Chart Progress • Prioritize Running • 25 Years Of Running • Exercise Free • Choice • Choose from • Alternatives • Consider the • Consequences • Prize It • Affirm It • Act On It • Repeat It
Summary • Review the Core Values • Essential Ingredients Needed to Build a Quality Air Force • We Should Work Toward “Meshing” Our Personal, Ethical, and AF Core Values
Summary • Define Personal and Ethical Values • Ethical - Universal Codes of Conduct; Common Standards of Right and Wrong • Personal - Choices, Beliefs, Attitudes; Not “Good” or “Bad” in Themselves