Values reflecT unique convicTions and core assumpTions, which shape a person's behaviour and decisions. AlThough you may value many Things. effecTive leaders learn To idenTify The core values ThaT grow Through Their life experiences and influenTial life circumsTances. Some of The values relaTe To The way you live your g oThers relaTe To The way you approach your work or personal life. Alexander Hill. in JUST Business. asserTs ThaT having \"ulTimaTe values\" is imporTanT because you need a seT of values ThaT supersede all oThers. Therefore, when you are faced wiTh compeTing values, you know on which values To rely. For example, if you are faced wiTh an employee who is sTealing paper from The office, buT is doing so To help her special needs child wiTh The child's learning acTiviTies, you will know whaT To do. WhaT are & ulTimaTe values? WhaT would guide your decision? Which values supersede The oThers? |n oTher words, which are ulTimaTe and which are subordinaTe? Specifically, he argues ThaT holiness, love and jusTice are The besT ulTimaTe values: 0 By pursuing "holiness" [aka puriTy of acTion}, we will seek for personal virTue and look To grow To be Win whaT we do and how we do iT. o By pursuing "jusTice,\" we will seek To be jusT To oThers and see oThers be jusT in This world. By pursuing "love," we will seek To love oThers wiTh compassion, undersTanding and hope. 0 By Trying To balance all Three of These TogeTher. we are able To noT rely Too much on one area, buT insTead be balanced in our view. For example: - If we focus on love wiThouT holiness/puriTy: - we care for people's immediaTe needs and provide a loving TrusTing supporT for Them, - buT may creaTe a siTuaTion where our supporT of Them creaTes dependence on us because we do noT choose To pracTice The needed \"Toth love" for Them To grow inTo independenle minded and capable people. - If we focus on holiness/puriTy wiThouT love, - we may become preoccupied wiTh being good and above reproach. - buT may miss how The dark side of holiness/puriTy is can be creaTing an environmenT in which people do noT feel uncondiTional regard. and Therefore, fear disapproval and rejecTion. O - If we focus on jusTice wiThouT holiness/puriTy, - Our ideas and acTions may be fair and jusT. - buT mighT also be may be warped by uTiliTarianism ThaT sacrices The minoriTy's righTs and needs for The sake of The majoriTy's sense of "good." Thus, Hill argues ThaT These Three values should be Three legs of The same sTool ThaT serves as The basis for guiding our decisions. our perspecTive and our lifesTyle. Now for your chance To reflecT...Think Through These quesTions and wriTe your response in your learning journal. - Do you agree ThaT These Three should be seen as ulTimaTe values? Why or why noT? - Are There oTher values ThaT you would consider ulTimaTe values? If so, whaT are They and why would you wanT To include Them as "ulTimaTe" values? - Why do you Think ThaT your lisT of ulTimaTe values encompasses all oTher values? How do you Think ThaT pursuing These ulTimaTe values as a leader mighT help you To lead wisely and eThically in The workplace