Sentence examples for values statements from inspiring English sources

Values statements that do not reflect reality can do more harm than good, by fostering cynicism and anger.

While it is convenient to create short, snappy values statements, this brevity can force people to make assumptions about meaning, leading to frustration when translating both content and intent from one language or regional context to another.

What sort of exercise did you go through to figure out the values? A. We did a lot of work with teams around the world, and asked people to look at all their values statements and boil them down.

Authorship ethics policies range from the American Chemical Society's broad stance that "the co-authors of a paper... share responsibility and accountability for the results" to the American Physical Society's (APS's) Ethical and Values Statements, which say that "all collaborators share some degree of responsibility for any paper they co-author".

There are also still bad bosses and lousy corporate cultures despite values statements that employees are the number one resource.

In addition to teaching larger and larger sections of students and having fewer funding opportunities for research that informs classroom instruction, we are bombarded with time-consuming demands for mission statements, values statements, academic planning data, program assessments, department self-studies and peer evaluations -- all bureaucratic tools designed to ensure academic quality.

"Employees understand the values statement," Ms. Morin said.

People sort of just look at the values statement and go, 'yeah, right.' It's just a piece of paper".

Thus begins the "Vision and Values" statement of the company whose bankruptcy, moral and otherwise, has become infamous.

One possible culprit -- and something not explicitly addressed by the settlement -- was the fact that a companywide values statement clashed with reality in the area of customer service.

In the notes accompanying its values statement, Verizon said it had relied on the framework set forth in the best-selling book, "Built to Last" (HarperCollins, 1994), which said visionary companies have core values and a core purpose.