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Set the Example One of the toughest aspects of being a leader is that you’re always onstage. People are always watching you, always talking about you, always testing your credibility. That’s why setting the right example is so important, and why it’s essential to make use of all the tools you have available to set […]

LIVE THE SHARED VALUES Leaders are their organizations’ ambassadors of shared values. Their mission is to represent the values and standards to the rest of the world, and it’s their solemn duty to serve the values to the best of their ability. People watch your every action, and they’re trying to determine if you’re serious

Forge Unity, Don’t Force It When leaders seek consensus around shared values, constituents are more positive. People who report that their senior managers engage in dialogue regarding common values feel a significantly stronger sense of personal effectiveness than individuals who feel that they’re wasting energy trying to figure out what they’re supposed to be doing.

The Impact of Values Clarity on Commitment Sedlock, group vice president for operations at Aéropostale, a global specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, echoes this observation: “I love to come to work here. I can’t think of a day in twenty years that I didn’t want to wake up and go to work.” She

Find Commitment Through Clarifying Values It’s one thing to expect leaders to be clear about their values and beliefs, but it’s another to prove that it really matters that they are. What’s the evidence for this assertion? How much difference does being clear about values really make? We set out to empirically investigate the relationship

  Checklist for Unit 4 Assignment   Criteria: Ask yourself the following questions. Not Yet Yes Content Did you describe 3-4 needs of the various populations served in the criminal justice profession? Did you identify and fully discuss any multiculturalism and diversity concerns? Did you explain how the criminal justice professional addresses the needs of

Running Head: Social Issues 1 Thomas Elkins Kaplan University Preparing for a Career in Public Safety CJ100-Unit 2 Prof Jodi Levit     Social Issues A criminal justice practitioner is an individual who is qualified and registered to practice or engage in any art, profession, occupation or in a discipline that is involved in the

Urbanization and industrialization have created com- munities that have a variety of competing cultures, 48 Chapter 4 • The Chicago School thus breaking down older and more cohesive patterns of values. 4. This breakdown, or disorganization, of urban life has resulted in the basic institutions of family, friendship groups, and social groups becoming more impersonal.

Chapter 4 • The Chicago School 45 Chicago School, there were no absolutes, no set of universal rules governing human behavior. First, there are places where normal behaviors would be defined by those outside of the place as deviant, in the “hobo jungles,” for example. There people engage in “deviant” behavior by cor- rectly defining

Clifford Robe Shaw (1896–1957) Shaw was born in the farming town of Luray, Indiana. He received an A.B. from Albion College in 1919, although his stud- ies were interrupted by his service in the Navy during World War I. He went on to earn an M.A. in sociology in 1921 at the University of Chicago