It is important for human resources professionals to acknowledge their values and beliefs
MORAL FOUNDATIONS AND VALUE DIFFERENCES ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
It is important for human resources professionals to acknowledge their values and beliefs, and be
prepared to navigate situations involving value differences or conflicts. Individuals uniquely
prioritize moral foundations of harm, fairness, loyalty, authority, and purity, linked to cultural
background and worldview. The purpose of this assignment is to understand how you judge right
from wrong, be aware of your values, and be prepared for encountering situations where there
may be value differences or conflicts in counseling or human services support. Understanding
your own cultural beliefs and values can help to make you aware of potential bias and
limitations, and increase empathy without judgment.
INSTRUCTIONS
Write a 3-5 page paper (not counting the title page and reference page). You do not need to write
an abstract. Follow current APA professional style standards. Cite and reference our textbook,
Cultural Humility, by Hook et al. (2017), as a source used for support in your paper. This is the
only source required for this paper. You are encouraged to use Scripture as well (see the Writing
Style Guide tab for how to cite and reference Bible versions you quote). You need to read and
familiarize yourself with Chapter 7 in Cultural Humility in order to complete this assignment.
Begin with a brief paper introduction where you explain what the paper covers.
In the first section, Moral Foundations, specify your results on the Moral Foundations
Questionnaire (pp. 160-161) for each of the five values (for example, Harm/Care: 27,
Fairness/Reciprocity: 18, etc.). It is easy to complete this questionnaire on paper, but there is also
an online version available if you prefer. Answer the following questions in this section: Do the
results of the questionnaire seem true to you? Do the moral foundations and the results of the
questionnaire accurately describe how you judge right and wrong? When you think about what is
most important to you, can you apply this model or would you need to expand the model to
describe your moral system? This section should be 1-2 pages.
In the next section, Value Differences, list your three most important value differences or
conflicts you could potentially experience working in the human services field. Some examples
include abortion, different religion or atheism, sexuality, gender roles. Create a fictional case
example in one paragraph that includes one of your most important value differences and
conflicts. Next, create an imaginary collaborative discussion using your fictional case example,
similar to the one on pp. 176-177 with 6-10 discussion phrases between yourself and a fictional
client. This section should be 1-2 pages. In your scenario for this assignment, keep in mind that
you want to show you are multiculturally oriented and culturally humble through your questions.
End with a brief Conclusion, where you summarize what you covered in your paper, and reflect
on the experience. What did you learn about yourself in completing the questionnaire, thinking
about value differences, and creating a scenario?
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