This belief drives us each day to live our mantra of "Helping people by helping their pets" and striving for our goal of "The love of a pet in every person's life". This unified vision defines our culture, attitude and behavior and attracts the kind of dedicated and passionate team members who embody our core values of compassion, excellence, integrity, teamwork, communication and empowerment.
It is essential to commit to an ethic of learning and honesty, 34 to work continually to improve organisational systems, and to nurture the core values of compassion, patient dignity and patient safety through high-quality leadership.
However, the medical profession today is facing a crisis of integrity as it moves from an ethics-based profession underpinned by core values of compassion and humanism to a more commercialized and business-like model driven by volumes and profits [ 1].
On Tuesday, the Labor caucus again debated a motion seeking to re-set Australia's treatment of asylum seekers away from pointless and unconscionable cruelty, and towards our core values of fairness, compassion and freedom.
Now more than ever we need to encourage empathy in all human relationships, and in communities underpinned by core values of respect, compassion, tolerance and equal opportunities for all.
Although "vast demonstrations of solidarity will make little or no impression on the terrorists … it is essential to demonstrate as loudly as possible... that, for all the handwringing about western society's decadence, it retains core values of decency, compassion and tolerance".
They learn and apply the ideals codified in the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack, and in the Character Connections program that develops the core values of citizenship, compassion, cooperation, courage, faith, health and fitness, honesty, perseverance, positive attitude, resourcefulness, respect and responsibility.
The dignity in care agenda is of growing importance in our sector, but we must ask if its core values of respect and compassion truly extend to all those we support.
Those who speak loftily of a "civilizational war" with Russian President Vladimir Putin's brutish program of "traditional values" will have little credibility if they fail to observe core values of humanity and basic compassion.
Facilitated by Educators for CARE faculty, these sessions are a continuing avenue to guide students' development of four core values of the medical profession: Compassion, Advocacy, Responsibility, and Empathy.
Dedication to our mission, strategy and core values of Teamwork, Leadership and Compassion are the priorities of our organization and allow us to deliver true collaborative care and an exceptional experience for patients, clients, referral partners and employees.
