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Integrating Actions with Values |
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The Framework for Purposeful Action provides a system for action, which combines sound leadership and management principles with a universal value system.
The Framework is built upon the premise that leadership is one systematic way of performing action, and that a common set of principles and ethics governs both individual and organizational actions. The Framework has two major components: a twelve step system for action that provides the management perspective, and a value system in the form of ten core values --five positive and five negative--that provides ethical guidelines to accompany the 12 steps. In the metaphor of the brook, the 12 steps represent the boat of the individual or organization, and the positive and negative core values provide balance through the oars.
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Five Positive Core Values
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Five Negative Core Values |
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Most people understand that action brings about change, but few give thought to whether the action is driven by purpose or by the anticipation of rewards. In the absence of a conscious ethical check, actions have a tendency to follow human nature (see the four levels of desire) and be entrapped into becoming self-serving. Purposeful action, integrates ethics into action to avoid this trap, and to promote actions that serve others. There are other characteristics and benefits of purposeful actions that set them apart from actions at large. They will become evident as readers progress through the material provided in this web site and in the many publications offered for further reading.
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