The phrase "adopting values" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of accepting or integrating certain principles or beliefs into one's behavior or mindset.
Example: "The organization is focused on adopting values that promote sustainability and social responsibility."
Alternatives: "embracing principles" or "incorporating beliefs".
John Ogbu, a University of California anthropologist, says that some oppressed groups defend themselves by adopting values (like scorning academic success) opposed to the majority.
Two possible plane angles defined between the rigid and flexible segments are found to be the most favored and adopting values of ∼90° and ∼140°.
The thermal conductivity of the soil is another fundamental variable in the design of a GSHP, and hence it is better to rely on site-specific data, rather than adopting values from the literature.
The student has turned away from values that would afford her a healthier sense of self-worth; her desire for an excessive number of beauty treatments is deformed because it is the product of adopting values that are oppressive to her, and it is a desire that she would not have absent the oppressive conditions.
"Marriage equality is no more a sign of 'going mainstream' or adopting values of 'traditional American life' than voting rights for women were…It's better to have the choice to say 'I do' than to have no option but 'I can't.'".
In addition, individual factors such as religiosity, strong cultural ties to the home country, as well as lack of language proficiency might also have acted as barriers preventing some of the participants from adopting values of the host culture.
The Post told the same story that was documented by Steve Brill when Gates and Duncan brushed off warnings from education researchers, and RttT funds were used to coerce states into changing their laws and adopting value-added evaluations.
This possibility becomes more real when commercial payers and Medicaid follow suit in adopting value-based purchasing or similar measures.
Potential barriers to adopting value-driven behaviours and maintaining committed action in the long-term will be explored and addressed through metaphors and experiential techniques.
Taking all the above into consideration, we designed a conceptual pilot study to assess practicability of adopting value based pricing in Cyprus from a payer's perspective.
Russia's middle class has adopted values that are distinctly different from Soviet practice.
