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LIFE SKILLS

“A strong positive attitude creates more miracles than any


wonder drug!”
Values

• Enduring belief that influences our choices in life to


promote well being

• Principles that reflect one’s judgement of what


is important in life

• Ethical values – govern virtuous behaviour

• Personal values differ from person to person.

• Some values have priority over others depending


on need level
Morals
• Principles of right and wrong in human behaviour,
based on one’s own conscience

• A thought, word or action is considered morally


good if it agrees with general perception of what is
right and what is wrong

• Morals stand for ‘goodness’ and promotes acceptable


behaviour of individuals
Ethics

• Derived from the greek word ‘ethos’

• Ethics is the set of codes of conduct or moral principles


with which behaviour can be analysed as good/bad or
right/wrong.

• Provides well disciplined standards and how to act and


respond according to situations

• Ethics is based on logic and reason


Ethics, Values, Morals

• Ethics – Rules that help us tell difference between


right and wrong – encourages to do right thing

• Values – Tell us what is important – helps us to make


decisions about right and wrong

• Morals – Rules we use to decide what is good or


bad
Integrity

• Character trait that reflects a person’s degree of


honesty, adherence to moral principles and a
complete harmony of one’s thought, speech and
action

• Person of integrity – guided by morality and has


consistency in character
Integrity

• Types of integrity

➢Professional

➢Political

➢Academic

➢Integrity in daily transactions


Civic Virtues
• Moral duties or standards of righteous behaviour of
an individual as a responsible member of the
community and an integral part of the environment

• Eg. Volunteering in community initiatives, Voting in


elections, attending important meetings
Civic Virtues for a Self-governing Republic
• Civic knowledge : Rights, duties and responsibilities
as enshrined in constitution

• Self restraint : Restrict ourselves from untoward


activities to maintain safety, law and order

• Self assertion: Comes from self esteem. If Govt. acts


against people – duty of citizen to alter government

• Self reliance : Virtue to support oneself, not to be a


burden to the society
Respect for others and self respect
• Self respect is necessary for respect of others

• Respect – deference and acknowledgement of


importance of another person, his viewpoints, rights
Living peacefully

• Living peacefully

➢Respecting others and accepting differences

➢Forgiving others

➢Not interfering in others matters unless necessary

➢Giving credit for others works

➢Adapting to circumstances that cannot be changed


Living peacefully

➢Engage in good deeds

➢Enduring basic needs of everyone without


exploiting resources

➢Nurture love for all living beings


Caring and Sharing
• Caring – having and expressing concern about
others and their feelings and well being

➢All kinds of living things

➢Environment

• Sharing – knowledge, facilities, goods, experiences

➢Leads to collective growth of society

➢Come voluntarily

➢Strengthens social ties, leads to peaceful living


Honesty
Workplace

• Stating facts clearly without any dilution

• Refraining from deceiving customers

• Not responding to bribes/ nepotism

• Being straight forward

• Seeking truth before deciding and acting


Courage
• Courage – is not the absence of fear
• Ability to face fear and act in spite of being afraid

• Willingness to confront with pain, agony and


uncertainty
• Seen in these situations
➢As part of duty (eg. Firefighter)

➢To face physical challenges (eg. People


engaged in adventurous/ dangerous sports)
Courage
➢Courage in a social context (eg. To fight
discrimination, for freedom etc)

➢Intellectual courage (to seek and speak truth even


if it upsets prevailing beliefs)
Valuing time

• Be aware that time is a perishable resource

• Get your priorities right

• Be punctual

• Plan in advance

• Get rid of procrastination


Cooperation

• Process of individuals working together synergistically


towards completion of common objectives without
surrendering individual freedom

• Advantages: Pooling of diverse and/or


complementary skills, gathering more ideas,
enhanced manpower, greater resources,
minimum utilisation of time
Cooperation (contd…)
•Cooperation between different section of company
ensures better output, quality and efficiency
•Lack of cooperation leads to delay, lack of
coordination, insufficient communication, low morale
•Reason for lack of cooperation
▪Absence of effective leadership
▪Lack of awareness among employees
▪Differential treatment, ego etc.
Commitment

• Quality of holding on to a cause that one believes in,


even in difficulties and setbacks, with great attitude

• Three components of organizational


commitment

➢ Affective commitment: Employee loves his job and


is aligned with organizational goals and values
Commitment

➢ Continuance commitment: Employee is driven by


fear of possible losses by leaving the company

➢ Normative commitment: Employee feels obliged


or duty bound to stay, even if he is unhappy
5 rules to enhance organizational
commitment
• Commitment to people-first values

• Clarify and communicate the mission of the


organization

• Guarantee the organizational justice

• Create a sense of community

• Support employee development


Empathy
• Ability and willingness to imagine oneself in
another’s place and see things in their
perspective

• In workplace it leads to
➢ Better teamwork

➢ Better understanding of what motivates others

➢ Better appreciation of customer needs

➢ Better understanding of public perception of the


Confidence
• Quality of believing in oneself and ones’
abilities

• Encompasses two traits

➢ Self esteem: one’s innate sense of self worth –


reflects the individual’s evaluation of self value

➢ Self efficacy: Belief in one’s own capacity to


perform, accomplish specific tasks and reach goal
Confidence (Contd…)
• Presence of confident employees in a workplace
lead to:

➢ Open sharing and expression of opinions

➢Setting higher goals for employees and


organization

➢ Lesser tendency to complain

➢ Openness to change

➢ Better overall performance


Character
• Sum total of person’s values, beliefs and
personality

• Reflected in thoughts, behaviour, actions


Spirituality

• Broad concept involving a sense of connection to a


higher transcendental reality and a quest for ultimate
truth and meaning of life

• Practices like meditation and prayer are meant to focus


on one’s inner life

• Spiritual thought encompasses humanistic values,


love, compassion, tolerance, harmony etc
Sense of Engineering Ethics
• Two different senses of engineering ethics

➢Normative sense (Analyses how people ought to act)

▪ Knowing moral values, finding accurate solutions to


moral problems and justifying moral judgments in
engineering practices
▪ Study of decisions, policies, and values that are
morally desirable in the engineering practice and
research
Sense of Engineering Ethics
▪ Using codes of ethics and standards and applying
them in their transactions by engineers

➢Descriptive sense (Analyses what people think is


right)

▪ Refers to what specific individual or group of


engineers believe and act, without justifying
their beliefs or actions

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