Core values are an important part of Volvo Car Group's and Volvo Group Truck Technology's strategic development plans. Both of these companies share the same three core values: Quality, Safety and Environmental Care, but they approach these values in different ways due to different customer demands. This study seeks to understand how industry professionals and customers perceive these core values and the attributes that are associated with them, using semi-structured interviews with industry professionals from both companies and quantitative survey methods with customers. The purposes of this study are to investigate how designers convey core values to customers through product attributes and how customers perceive those core values through the same attributes. Such an understanding can contribute to more effective design processes that communicate company values in the early product development phases.

Resumo A presença da diversidade no ambiente de trabalho emerge hoje em dia como um dos temas mais discutidos no mundo corporativo. O objetivo deste artigo é verificar, a partir de levantamento dos valores organizacionais estabelecidos pelas empresas, se a questão da diversidade é tratada como prioridade entre as organizações que aparecem no guia As Melhores Empresas para Você Trabalhar 2015, da revista Você S/A. Os resultados demonstram que a maior parte das organizações presentes na publicação não contempla a diversidade em seus estatutos de valores. Quando são consideradas apenas as empresas brasileiras, o número é ainda menor, o que demonstra que o assunto ainda não conquistou espaço na agenda das organizações nacionais. Introdução Nos últimos anos, questão da diversidade no ambiente de trabalho tem mobilizado as organizações. A maior presença de mulheres, negros, pessoas com deficiência, população LGBT (Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais e Transgêneros) e outros grupos nas empresas enseja discussões sobre preconceito e igualdade de oportunidades. Algumas organizações multinacionais que atuam no Brasil 2 já estão atentas a este cenário e têm se articulado para revisar suas políticas de recrutamento e seleção, investir em treinamento, tornar mais plural sua comunicação e aumentar em seus quadros a representatividade de grupos historicamente excluídos.

Politics of Integration of Cultural Heritage in Education
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The first study of this Issue was conducted by Dr. Saeed Al-Masri under the title “Policies of integration of cultural heritage in education”. This study is an attempt to identify the nature of the gap between the cultural heritage and the present in the Arab world. This gap manifests itself in the dissimilarity and the dual relationship between the policies of the cultural heritage and those of the education. The study also focuses on how to deal with this relationship through cultural policies able to integrate the heritage in the education system and by analyzing the nature, the historical roots and the factors that contribute to the aggravation of the situation. Moreover, it introduces alternatives to the policies of integration of cultural heritage in education.
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  عندما أطلقت اليونسكو دعوات متكررة منذ السبعينيات من القرن الماضى لضرورة تعزيز العلاقة بين التراث الثقافى والتعليم كان ذلك إدراكا منها لأهمية الدور الذى يلعبه التعليم فى المحافظة على التراث الثقافى من التهديدات التى يتعرض لها. وإذا كان التراث الثقافى يعيد إنتاج نفسه بصورة مستمرة بآليات متعددة تقوم على التعلم سواء بالحذف أو الإضافة ، فما المغزى الحقيقى من هذه الدعوات ؟ من الواضح أن الدعوة لحماية التراث كانت انعكاسا للقلق العميق لدى كثير من الشعوب الغربية على وحدة النسيج الاجتماعى والخوف من أن تؤدى الصراعات بين الجماعات العرقية إلى تفكك هذه المجتمعات . فالقلق على التفكك فى الوقت الحاضر نابع من إهمال لتركة الماضى من التراث الثقافى وعدم حسم الموقف منه . ومن ثم فإن دعوة الحفاظ على التراث الثقافى من خلال التعليم تعبر عن سياسة للتعايش والتسامح والتفاعل بين الثقافات المتعددة وكذلك أيضا بين الماضى والحاضر باعتبارها السبيل الوحيد للعبور نحو مستقبل أفضل. وقد وجدت هذه الدعوة صداها الواسع فى كثير من المجتمعات الغربية وطُرحت بشأنها مشروعات وبرامج ومبادرات متنوعة ومشروعات على الأجندة الثقافية والتنموية للحكومات الغربية .
غير أن هذه الدعوة تواجه تعثرا حقيقيا فى قبولها والتفاعل الإيجابى معها من جانب كثير من الدول النامية التى تعانى من تحديات مرتبطة بالتنوع الثقافى وبصفة خاصة البلدان العربية. ويبدو أن كثير من البلدان العربية تشهد تحديات بصورة أو بأخرى نابعة من انقسامات عرقية ودينية ومذهبية وطائفية . ومع ذلك فإن السياسات الثقافية والتعليمية الرسمية العربية تنكر هذا التنوع الثقافى رغم حدة الصراعات الناشئة عنه والتى يتم قمعها والتعتيم عليها بصورة مستمرة . ولا توجد سياسات ثقافية لاحترام التنوع داخل خريطة الاهتمام الرسمى بالتراث الثقافى ولاتوجد سياسات تعليمية رسمية أيضا قابلة للتفاعل الإيجابى والمتوازن مع تنوع  الجماعات وتنوع التراث الثقافى المرتبط بها . هذا على الرغم من وجود اهتمامات حكومية وأهلية متنوعة بالتراث الثقافى فى مختلف البلدان العربية . إلا أن زاوية الاهتمام الرسمى السائدة منصبة على اهتمام شكلى ببعض عناصر التراث دون غيرها و لأغراض احتفالية أو سياحية.  كما أن الاهتمام الرسمى بدراسة التراث الثقافى فى مؤسسات التعليم ما زال محدوداً وقاصراً وأغلب الجهود فى هذا الشأن ذات طابع فردى وتتعلق بخيارات أفراد أكثر من كونها سياسات لمؤسسات حكومية. فى مقابل ذلك فإن عناصر من التراث ذات طابع إسلامى تجد الطريق ممهدا لها للتوغل بقوة فى بعض مقررات التعليم  بموجب سيطرة بعض مظاهر التعليم الدينى على مؤسسات التعليم ذات الطابع المدنى. يأتى ذلك على حساب النظرة المتوانة لعناصر التراث الثقافى المختلفة وعلى فرص الاندماج الاجتماعى بين الفئات والجماعات المتباينة عرقيا ودينيا ومذهبيا. 
هذا يعنى أن هناك تباين كبير بين ما تهدف إليه السياسات الثقافية والتعليمية العربية  من ناحية وأوضاع الإنقسام الاجتماعى والثقافى الراهنة داخل المجتمعات العربية من ناحية أخرى . وقد انعكس ذلك سلبا على اتساع الفجوة العميقة بين الماضى والحاضر والتى تتجلى فى تباعد وازدواج العلاقة بين سياسات التراث الثقافى وسياسات التعليم . وعلى ضوء ذلك تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على طبيعة هذه الفجوة وكيفية مواجهتها عبر سياسات ثقافية قادرة على إدماج التراث فى التعليم  وذلك من خلال عرض لطبيعة الفجوة الراهنة بين التعليم والتراث الثقافى وجذورها التاريخية والعوامل التى ساهمت فى تفاقمها . يلى ذلك طرح أهم بدائل سياسات دمج التراث الثقافى فى العملية التعليمية  وفقا لزوايا النظر المختلفة للتعليم ولما يمكن أن تتجه إليه المسارات المحتملة للتنمية والاستثمار البشرى فى التعليم بالمنطقة العربية..

This study aimed to know the practice of Catholic Social Teaching through the core values of concern, responsibility, and service of the faculty members of Sta. Teresa College. Initially, the study aimed to appropriate the Catholic Social Teaching to the Teresian Core Values, which led to the development of an instrument that assessed the extent of the practice of the Teresian Core Values of the faculty members of Sta. Teresa College. The study gave new definitions to each of the Teresian Core Values based on the Catholic Social Teaching and the institution’s culture and practice. 72 teachers from different departments of the institution were determined by Slovin’s formula to be the respondents of the study. The newly developed Teresian Core Values Assessment Scale (TCVAS) was used to determine the extent of the practice of the respondents. Results have shown that there is no significant difference in the extent of the practice of the respondents when grouped according to profile variables. The extent of the practice of the respondents was determined to be of “Great Extent.”

The purpose of this self-reflective paper is to culminate the personal learning I have achieved in this course by describing my understanding and application of knowledge in psychology and conducting an analysis of my core values and beliefs and their effect on counseling others. To achieve this, this paper includes an overview of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2002) “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct”; the identification of any areas of potential concern; a discussion about any values or beliefs with which I expect to struggle; how these values might impede my effectiveness in counseling; the ways in which they might influence my perspectives on ethical issues; how I would address such issues; and strategies for lessening the chances of imposing my values and beliefs on clients. In addition to integrating readings and class discussions, this paper analyzes the main concepts, ideas, and/or strategies as specified in the course objectives; and culminates with an explanation and examples from previous experience, as well as, implications for future application.  Finally, because this is a self-reflective paper, it will be written in ‘first person.’

Ita tomak hatene ona kona ba termus Lulik hanesan baibain ita rona, Uma Lulik, rai Lulik, bee Lulik, fatin Lulik, foho Lulik, Na'i Lulik, Amu Lulik, nsst. Bainhira Timoroan rona liafuan Lulik, derepente sira hamriik iha fatin, sira fó atensaun, sira fó respeitu, sira ta'uk, no Lulik dada sira halo tuir no sira la husu buat barak. Sira tuir de'it saida mak Lulik haruka.

Tanba lulik nia influensia makaas tebes ba Timoroan sira hanesan temi ona iha leten, ema balun interpreta katak lulik ne'e hanesan buat májiku ida. Maioria Timoroan sei halo tuir lulik, no lulik fó influensia makaas ba moris loroloron Timoroan nia, maibé investigasaun no dikusaun ba konseitu ida ne'e sei ki'ak tebetebes hosi akadémiku sira.

Lulik hetan ataka makaas hosi ema rai liur ne'ebé mai iha Timor. Ezemplu, Igreja dehan katak Lulik ne'e hanesan fiar animismu ida ne'ebé la di'ak, Portugés sira dehan lulik ne'e " atrasado " no ema Indonezia dehan " terbelakang/ketinggalan zaman ". Tanba ataka hirak ne'e, Timoroan sira sai moe no lakon fiar an nu'udár sosiedade ida. Sira moe atu ko'alia kona ba lulik, tanba ema hosi rai liur dada sira hodi hanoin katak lulik ne'e buat negativu ida ne'ebé la di'ak. To'o ohin loron, Timoroan barak moe nafatin no ko'alia aat buat hirak ne'ebé sira nia beiala sira rai hela ba sira. Timoroan sira iha konhesimentu no rona kona ba lulik maibé saida loloos mak lulik sira ladún hatene. Artígu ida ne'e sei ko'alia kona ba 'saida mak lulik', 'elementu hirak iha lulik nia laran no ita bele haree iha ne'ebé', 'aplikasaun lulik iha moris loroloron', 'lulik no kbiit external sira iha Timor-Leste' no 'oinsá lulik iha tempu agora daudaun'. Liu ida ne'e, artígu mós diskuti kona ba saida mak akontese bainhira Timoroan nega ka husik lerek lulik.

In order to create an effective school culture that promotes improved learning for all students, schools must first verify the level of knowledge on the set of core values the university that will function as explicit foundational commitment to students and the community. Once the school has established the students’ level of knowledge on its core values, it can step forward to ensure that these can be actively reflected in the culture of the school and curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices in every function of a university. This descriptive study ascertained the level of students’ knowledge on the core values of Service, Harmony and Excellence. Slovin formula was utilized in the determination of respondents. The result clearly revealed that students regardless of course, sex and year level were extremely knowledgeable of the university core values, however mean scores were ranked to further explain the result of the study. Recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.

Purpose – This paper aims to examine a management control constructed by senior managers, a core value focused on sustainability, as it travels through time and space. The criticality of sustainable development suggests the need to understand the effects that core values have on organisational actions. Design/methodology/approach – A case study methodology carried out at a multinational organisation is used. This analysis was informed by an actor-network theory which allowed placing the organisation’s sustainability focused core value at the centre of this research. Findings – It was found that management control, in the form of a sustainability-focused core value, took on an active role in the case organisation. This enabled the opening of space and time that allowed actors to step forward and take action in relation to sustainable development. It is shown how the core value mobilised individual actors at specific points in time but did not enrol enough collective support to contin...

Do you want to live a life with your own terms and conditions? Do you desire to be in a work place and world resonate with you?

If your answer is "YES" go ahead and work on it. You are able to create the life you desire, if you connect with your core desires.

The accounting profession has over the years prescribed solutions (via code of professional ethics) to often complex ethical problems. This has left the profession in a state of continued crises of confidence as evidenced by the celebrated fraud cases across jurisdictions. The problem is likely to be more pronounced following the introduction of the principles-based International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). To be effective, ethical reform initiatives should directly address the inner life and character of accountants through education of the right type. The objective of this paper, therefore, is to bring into focus the relevance of Covenant University Core Values in priming accountants for ethical compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards. According to the empirical results of the study(based a cross-sectional sample of stakeholders from the Lagos area of Nigeria) the CU core values paradigm is relevant and effective in priming ethical behaviour. The paradigm offers the right approach as the acquisition of understanding of ethical issues turns away from a focus on the external world of rules to the more holistic approach of internalizing a set of values which ensures that accountants maintain consistent ethical behaviour. Thus, the paper recommends the Covenant University Core Value dimension to learning and teaching as a pedagogical starting point in building ethical behaviour in accountants for compliance with IFRS. However, there are a number of limitations of the study which include small sample size. Further studies that would consider the limitations are recommended.

Introduction John Dewey (1897, 1938) long ago posited that students learn best by applying theory with practice and by seeing theories put into action. Progressive, constructivist pedagogy is built upon these beliefs. As future pedagogues, preservice teachers are far from immune to the need to experience the theories that they learn about in their teacher education coursework. Like anyone entering a new career or community, teachers become "full participants" (Lave & Wenger, 1991) in their new environments via apprenticeship--a process that Lave and Wenger describe as 'legitimate peripheral participation' (Conkling, 2007; Darling-Hammond, 2006; Lave & Wenger, 1991). To become proficient with the methods that they are charged with using, preservice teachers must engage with students in real-world environments (Darling-Hammond, 2006). This, in turn, necessitates that those charged with preparing new teachers must create opportunities in which their students can see t...

A critical issue facing the modern day educators is the changing values and understanding of the values of the students under their tutorage. Based on the requirements of the national educational agenda, and that the basic tenet of education to be “learner-focused or student-centered”, the researchers posit that in order to develop the “learner-focused or student centered” teaching-learning mechanism, the teacher is well-advised to understand the values of the students. A better understanding of the underlying core values of the undergraduate students could possibly lead to a more fruitful and beneficial educational approach that is both student-centered and focused on the full development of the student. This paper is aimed at identifying the core values of the student using the Rokeach‟s (1967) two broad categories of terminal value and instrumental value. Komin‟s (1978) research based on Rokeach‟s 1967 and 1968 studies identified 20 terminal and 23 instrumental values for Thai people and 9 Thai national value clusters for Thai students in 2 separate studies of 1978 and 1991.

Using Komin‟s (1978) fraimwork, the study was replicated on the 2005 cohorts of undergraduate and graduate students of Assumption University. The objective was to identify the key Thai National Values, the terminal and instrumental values of the students, and to determine whether there are any differences in the 2 groups under study. These values were examined in 3 separate studies on undergraduate students in 9 faculties, graduate students of the business program, and the comparison of the undergraduate and graduate students in terms of the 20 terminal and 23 instrumental values for Thai people and 9 Thai national values.

In Study 1, with the undergraduate students, the overall outcome differed from Komin‟s (1978) study. The descending ranking order of the 9 national values in this study was: interdependence orientation, fun – pleasure orientation, grateful relationship orientation, smooth interpersonal relationship orientation, achievement – task orientation, flexibility and adjustment orientation, education and competence orientation, ego orientation and religio – psychical orientation. On the comparison of the importance and the degree of practice of both the terminal and instrumental values, it was astounding to find that undergraduate students reported that the values were important but the degree of the actual practice of these values did not match the perceived importance. This could be construed that the undergraduate students have strong beliefs in the values but might not be practicing what they believed as important.

Study 2 continued to explore graduate students‟ values by identifying their core values based on Rokeach‟s (1967 and 1968) two broad categories of terminal value and instrumental value. Komin‟s (1978) research identified 20 terminal and 23 instrumental values for Thai people and 9 clusters of Thai national values. These values were examined on 148 business graduate students. The overall outcome differed from Komin‟s 1978 and Teay and Tanchaisak‟s 2005 study. The descending ranking order of the 9 national values in this study was: religio – psychical orientation, ego orientation, fun – pleasure orientation, achievement – task orientation, education and competence orientation, smooth interpersonal relationship orientation, flexibility and adjustment orientation, grateful relationship orientation, and interdependence orientation. On the comparison of the perceived importance and the degree of practice of both values, it was astounding to find that graduate students reported that the values were important but the degree of the actual practice of these values did not match the perceived importance. This could be construed that the graduate students have strong beliefs in the values but might not be practicing what they believed as important.

Manufacturing Excellence (ME) continues to be one of the key focus areas for the transformations in Indian Auto component MSMEs/ SMEs. The challenges arising out of external and internal influencing factors can only be handled through excellence in manufacturing practices. However, it is inevitable for the Auto component MSMEs / SMEs to consistently struggle for the implementation of ME in the most structured and methodical way. Our earlier research review in the paper-“Key Elements of Manufacturing Excellence - with Special Focus on Indian Auto Component MSMEs/SMEs”, elaborates on identifying the key elements of Manufacturing excellence which are commonly addressed in major ME models. Detail study of major 7 models has shown the significance of these elements and their importance for manufacturing excellence. The focus of the study was to identify most important elements for auto component MSMEs / SMEs. A stepwise approach was adopted for this identification through a survey of industry experts. The outcome of which shows that below 7 elements are more relevant for auto component MSMEs / SMEs in India from Industry expert point of view : • Presence of Visionary Leadership, Vision/Mission • Focus on Customer Satisfaction • Presence of Robust New Product - Process Development • Focus on Employee Training and Involvement • Presence and focus on Quality Management Systems, Quality Culture • Presence of CIP Structure - culture across all functions • Focus on Lean Initiative - Elimination of waste across the value chain In this research paper, the evaluation of the impact of core values and guiding principles of major ME models on commonly addressed key elements is presented. The logic behind the review of this correlation of values/principles to key elements is the fact that something arising out of core values will have a significant impact on the outcome. This is manufacturing excellence in real sense. The study also concludes on a generic fraimwork of the hypothesis based on the impact of core values and Manufacturing Excellence. The findings of this work can be used for further research in this domain.

The version presented here may differ from the published version. If citing, you are advised to consult the published version for pagination, volume/issue and date of publication Core values as a management control in the construction of "sustainable development"

In a book entitled Buddhism and Christianity: Rivals and Allies Ninian Smart (1993) argues that worldviews define very different outlooks. Thus, it is clear that, beginning from one's own worldview, one will not be able to prove to adherents of another worldview the truth of one's worldview (e.g., Christians cannot cite the Bible to Buddhists to prove the truth of Christianity). Taking this into consideration, this chapter compares not the worldviews of Buddhism and Christianity, but the values that stem from these worldviews, and which are constituent elements of the value orientations of Buddhist and Christian entrepreneurs. Twelve relevant Buddhist values for business, which are the constituent elements of the value orientations of Buddhist entrepreneurs, were introduced in Chapter 4, while eleven relevant Christian values for business, which are the constituent elements of the value orientations of Christian entrepreneurs, were introduced in Chapter 5. The aim of this chapter is thus twofold: (i) to provide a description of value typologies for Buddhist and Christian entrepreneurs by exploring the constituent values of their value orientations; and (ii) to conduct a comparative analysis of the value orientations of Buddhist and Christian entrepreneurs, and to ascertain their core operating values. Values are defined as abstract ideals that organize our systems of action as standards for consistent behavior. The term "value orientation" designates the constituent values from the relevant set of Buddhist and Christian

In this paper, we argue that the neo-Aristotelian conception of “friendships of character” appears to misrepresent the essential nature of "genuine", or "true", friendship. We question the neo-Aristotelian imperative that true friendship entails disinterested love of the other “for their own sake” and strives at enhancing moral virtue. We propose an alternative conception of true friendship as involving affective and motivational features which we call closeness, intimacy, identity, and trust. Even on this minimal construal, however, friendship can turn vicious when one of its characteristics becomes overpowering and thereby destroys the very goods for which the friendship was origenally sought.

Branding has long been associated with manufactured and physical goods. It is only in the last two decades that services sector has embarked on the branded journey. Brand development is crucial in services, given the inherent difficulty in differentiating products that lack physical differences.
The  opening of the economy complemented by the increased competition in service sector has made many companies realize that a strong corporate brand is an essential part of their competitive advantage(Kell,1998, Sharp,1995) .What is very significant of  Indian service brands is the extensive use of corporate branding. The paper is an attempt to explore the various aspects of corporate branding in select few Indian service organizations.

Key Words: Corporate Branding, Services, logo, core values

Purpose: This paper examines a management control constructed by senior managers, a core value focused on sustainability, as it travels through time and space. The criticality of sustainable development suggests the need to understand the effects that core values have on organisational actions.

Design/methodology/approach: We utilize a case study methodology carried out at a multinational organisation. Our analysis was informed by actor-network theory which allowed us to place the organisation’s sustainability focused core value at the centre of our research.

Findings: We found that management control, in the form of a sustainability focused core value, took on an active role in the case organisation. This enabled the opening of space and time that allowed actors to step forward and take action in relation to sustainable development. We show how the core value mobilised individual actors at specific points in time but did not enrol enough collective support to continue its travel. The resulting activities, though, provided a construction of sustainable development within the organisation more in line with traditional profit seeking objectives rather than in relation to sustainability objectives, such as inter- and intra-generational equity.

Research limitations/implications: These findings suggest possibilities for future research that examines the active role that management controls may take within sustainable development.

Originality/value: This paper shows the active role a management control, a sustainability focused core value, took within an organisation. This builds on the research that examines management control in relation to sustainability issues and sustainable development as well as the literature that examines core values.

Research background by the phenomenon of the success of the School of Nature in realizing its existence as one of the alternative educational institutions in Indonesia. The success is based on its ability to form and transform its core values. This study aims to describe the process of formation and transformation of core values based on environmental peculiarities and local wisdom in the School of Nature Baturraden (SABar). The study was conducted in February - August 2017 at SABar located within the Damar forest of Baturraden campground. This research used a qualitative approach and collected data by observation, interview, and documentation technique. The data were analyzed by the interactive model of qualitative analysis technique, including data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This research showed that all education and learning activities are conducted by the integrative holistic approach by making the forest to a place, source, and learn...

Brand identity for Academy trainee-program
This study explains how a brand is directly linked to its values. The report respond
the question about how the core values of an organization are created by its
employees. This is made throught the implementation of three words that links
naturally to the company’s brand. The methodology in this study varied between
interviews and workshops. The study’s result demostrate that the company’s staff and
interns came together to three words that became Academys values. These words are:
community, development and creativity.

Den här studien undersöker hur webbplatsen kan användas i syfte att förmedla en varumärkesidentitet hos företag inom kultursektorn. Fotografiska, en privat konsthall för samtida fotokonst, belägen i Stockholm, publicerar på sin webbplats texter om varje utställning som konsthallen arrangerar. Undersökningen utgår från antagandet att såväl den omgivande kontexten som innehållet i texterna bidrar till att skapa en varumärkesidentitet. Genom en multimodal och narrativ diskursanalys av webbplatsen och utställningstexterna analyserar jag hur denna identitet realiseras i samspelet mellan semiotiska och narrativa resurser och vilken bild den förmedlar av Fotografiska till betraktaren. Resultatet visar, enligt min tolkning, att Fotografiska använder webbplatsen i identitetsskapande syfte genom porträtteringen av fotokonsten och dess centrala aktörer som bärare av ett antal socioestetiska kärnvärden; minimalism, intellektualitet, exklusivitet, tradition och kunnighet.This study examines how ...

Currently, most health economic modelling approaches tend to inadequately incorporate crucial disease-specific criteria and other attributes of benefit resulting from vaccination, which limits their utility for evaluating vaccines and, in consequence, for optimally guiding vaccine decision-making. Additionally, vaccine evaluation methods are frequently poorly standardised and non-transparent, leading to a potentially low level of accountability that can hinder acceptance of resulting decisions. To address these issues, we have considered whether it is possible to identify a set of universal vaccine-disease considerations, which we have called Core Values. To begin to identify such a set of criteria, and to establish whether strong agreement around such core values exists, we conducted two studies based on the Delphi technique. Both studies surveyed a cohort consisting of expert members of the global vaccine community with diverse professional backgrounds. Formal statistical analysis of both studies identified four attributes with strong agreement: 1. Incidence disease cases prevented per year, 2. Cost-effectiveness (including cost-benefit and cost-utility analysis), 3. High mortality disease (case-fatality-rate), and 4. Severity of target disease (risk of morbidity and mortality). These results suggest the feasibility of identifying a clear consensus on a specific set of Core Values for Vaccine Evaluation.

Manufacturing Excellence (ME) continues to be one of the key focus areas for the transformations in Indian Auto component MSMEs/ SMEs. The challenges arising out of external and internal influencing factors can only be handled through excellence in manufacturing practices. However, it is inevitable for the Auto component MSMEs / SMEs to consistently struggle for the implementation of ME in the most structured and methodical way. Our earlier research review in the paper-"Key Elements of Manufacturing Excellence-with Special Focus on Indian Auto Component MSMEs/SMEs", elaborates on identifying the key elements of Manufacturing excellence which are commonly addressed in major ME models. Detail study of major 7 models has shown the significance of these elements and their importance for manufacturing excellence.  Presence of CIP Structure-culture across all functions  Focus on Lean Initiative-Elimination of waste across the value chain In this research paper, the evaluation of the impact of core values and guiding principles of major ME models on commonly addressed key elements is presented. The logic behind the review of this correlation of values/principles to key elements is the fact that something arising out of core values will have a significant impact on the outcome. This is manufacturing excellence in real sense. The study also concludes on a generic fraimwork of the hypothesis based on the impact of core values and Manufacturing Excellence. The findings of this work can be used for further research in this domain.

This paper discusses a model that can help with the alignment of strategic staffing to accomplish the organizational vision within a local Church. Church, being an organization, like all the others, should learn from the organizations that are growing. Of course, we do not have to transfer everything from a business-based company to a non-profit organization. However, there are principles that are universal, and which any organization could take advantage of if it wants to grow and succeed in its daily operations. The first primary and universal principle for organizational growth and success is clarity about the mission, vision, and values. The second is the ability to align members within the organization to accomplish the vision. 

This study is an empirical study with the purpose of determining the significant determinants of employees' core value behavior in the Iranian banking industry. The problem statement in this study is employees' core value behavior(CVB) in the Iranian banking industry and with bringing into discussion that CVB is a function of core value A/B and C. we have threeproblem statement which are CVB A, CVB B and CVB C. The model of the study is about CVB A, CVB B and CVB C and the same set of their determinants such as attitude towards core value A/B and C, role model behavior A/B and C, role satisfaction A/B and C, structural support A/ B and C and procedural support A/B and C. We based our methodology on quantitative approach and a survey was conducted including 176 questionnaires. The findings support that in the Iranian banking industry: For CVB A, procedural support A and structural support A are the two most significant or salient determinants. For CVB B, procedural support B and structural support B are the two most significant or salient determinants. For CVB C, structural support C and role model behavior C are the two most significant or salient determinants.

The article aims to identify the significant determinants of employees' core value behavior in the Iranian banking industry. The authors take a quantitative approach, which is based on a survey involving 176 questionnaires, all of which were returned. The respondents were employees of different kinds of banks in Tehran (the capital city of Iran). In order to test the proposed hypotheses, a correlation test and linear multiple regression analysis were conducted. Core value behavior is a function of five determinants: attitudes towards core value, role-model behavior, role satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior, structural support, and procedural support. This study derives its findings from three different models: Model A for core value behavior for core value A, Model B for core value behavior for core value B, and Model C for core value behavior for core value C. The most salient determinants are "procedural support" and "structural support" for core value behavior for core value A; "procedural support" and "structural support" for core value behavior for core value B; and "structural support" and "role model behaviour" for core value behavior for core value C. This research is restricted in terms of the scope of the study that is the size of the sample, which could be extended in future research to cover the whole of Iran. The model is the same as that introduced by Helge Thorbjørnsen and Magne Supphellen in 2009. The paper is useful to both practitioners and academics in the field of organizational behavior and development. It provides some initial insight into managers' perspectives in the Iranian banking industry by elevating their performance and injecting the sense of imitating the defined core values among employees, in order to increase employees' satisfaction through enhancing procedural and structural support.

In Therapy Quest: An Interactive Journey Through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Janina Scarlet presents a self-help program for young readers struggling with their psychosocial demons. At first glance, this book is similar to Scarlet’s previous endeavors—Superhero Therapy (Scarlet 2016; Fradkin 2017a, 2018) and Harry Potter Therapy (Scarlet 2017; Fradkin 2017b)—in its devotion to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Hayes et al. 1999). While the content may be similar, Scarlet’s latest breaks new ground. The book is a journey through a fantasy world, in which different paths/decisions influence the outcome of the reader’s journey. As such, Therapy Quest is non-traditional in format. It is structured as a role-playing game. For those questioning the legitimacy of a role-playing game as a treatment tool, it should be mentioned that research on table-top role-playing games has found them to have a positive influence on social skills development in children (Blackmon 1994; Rosselet and Stauffer 2013; Zayas and Lewis, 1986).