Describe how a values-based culture works.

What will be an ideal response?


A values-based culture is one that reinforces a particular set of values rather than a particular set of rules. Certainly, these firms may have codes of conduct; but those codes are predicated on a statement of values and it is presumed that the code includes mere examples of the values' application. Integrating these values into the firm's culture encourages a decision making process that uses the values as underlying principles to guide employee decisions rather than as hard-and-fast rules.
The argument in favor of a values-based culture is based on the fact that a compliance culture is only as strong and as precise as the rules with which workers are expected to comply. A firm can only have a certain number of rules and the rules can never unambiguously apply to every conceivable situation. A values-based culture recognizes that where a rule does not apply, the firm must rely on the personal integrity of its workforce when decisions need to be made. This is not to say that values-based organizations do not include a compliance structure.

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