Product Details: American Values in Decline
| Author: | William M. Fox |
| Format: | Paperback: 360 pages. |
| Publisher: | Advanced Marketing Techno (01/01/2001) |
| ISBN: | 1588206920 |
| ISBN13: | 9781588206923 |
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Publisher Notes: American Values in Decline
Introduction xv The Power Of Values xv Ethical Reality Can Be Complex xxvii A Preview xxx Chapter 1 Why Certain Core Values Are Essential to Our Well-Being 1 The Need To Distinguish Peripheral Values 3 Choosing Core Values 4 Our Inherited Core Values 4 A Common Philosophy 4 The Issue Of Slavery 7 Support For Core And Related Values Today 12 Duty, Honesty, Integrity, And Being Responsible 12 Being Ambitious, Hardworking, And Aspiring 18 Emphasis On Learning 20 Providing Equality Of Opportunity 22 Conclusion 23 Chapter 2 The Compatibility of Our Core Values with Those of Various Religions and other Sources 25 Buddhism 25 Confucianism 26 Hinduism 27 Islamism 28 Judaism 29 Declaration Of The World Conference Of Religions For Peace 30 Declaration Toward A Global Ethic 31 Declaration Of The United Nations 33 Value Orientations of Some Notables From The Past 35 Conclusion 37 Chapter 3 Our Core Values Are Being Subverted 39 Evidence Of Negative Change In Levels Of Honesty And Trust 42 Evidence Of Negative Change About Regard For Others 44 Evidence Of Negative Change In Rates Of Crime And Violence 46 Evidence Of Negative Change In The Social Environment 47 Evidence of Negative Change In The Maintenance Of Healthy Family Life 49 Decreasing Number Of Two-Parent Homes 49 Decline In The Quality Of Family Life 51 Increased Use Of Drugs 54 Evidence Of Negative Change In Part Of The Black Culture 55 Delinquency, Violence, and Crime 56 Illegitimacy And Broken Families 57 Disregard For Academic Attainment 57 Rejection Of Positive, Black Role Models 59 Lack Of Mutual Economic Support 60 Unwarranted Black-Against-Black Discrimination 61 Conclusion 62 Chapter 4 How We Acquire Values 63 How A Healthy Conscience Develops 63 Further Development Through Conscious Analysis 66 The Genetic Factor 67 Conclusion 74 Chapter 5 The Role of Values in Causing Behavior 75 Values Influence Our Energy To Act 75 Values Influence Conscious Analysis 76 Values interact with Situational Factors 76 Values Influence Our "Can Do" Feelings 82 How These Factors Interact To Cause Behavior 82 Conclusion 83 Chapter 6 How to Nurture Core Values in Ourselves and Others 85 Dealing With Emotionally Charged Values 85 Dealing With The Urge For Immediate Gratification 88 Cue Control 88 Consequence Control 90 What About Objections To Behavior Management? Enhancing Feelings of Self-Efficacy 95 Encouraging Truthfulness And Full Disclosure In Group Problem Solving 93 How The Factors Influence Ethical Behavior 97 Increasing The Likelihood For Creating Healthy And Stable Families 98 By Encouraging Couples To Seek Pre-marriage Counseling 98 By Discouraging Inappropriate Conception 99 By Dealing Effectively With Irresponsible Young Fathers 102 Improving The Quality Of Family Life 103 Reducing The Incidence Of Delinquency And Crime 105 By Dealing Effectively With Troubled Young People 106 By Dealing Effectively With The Homeless And The New And Long-Term Unemployed 109 By Dealing Effectively With Hardened Criminals 117 Discouraging Fantasies About Life In Africa 117 Conclusion 120 Chapter 7 The Need for Nurturing Core Values in Our Schools and How We We Can Do it 121 The Erosion Of Standards And Expectations 122 Questionable Preparation Of Teachers 124 Lack of Parental Support 125 What Needs To Be Done 126 Improve The Preparation Of Teachers 126 Support Successful Programs For Underachieving Students 127 Enhance Motivation 129 Support Successful School-Reform and School-Choice Programs 130 Support The Teaching Of Values In School 136 Reject Spurious Claims Of Unwarranted Discrimination 141 Show Parents Or Guardians The Evidence And Get Them Involved 144 Prospects 145 Chapter 8 The Need For Nurturing Core Values In Political Leadership and How We Can Do It 147 The Self-Serving Culture Of Expediency, Indifference, And Opportunism 147 The Grace Report 147 Things Have Not Gotten Better 148 The Buying And Selling Of Influence 150 What Needs To Be Done 155 Misdirections In Welfare 157 From Rationality To Rewarding Undesirable Behavior 158 Further Flight From Personal Responsibility 162 Resulting Decline In The Quality Of Welfare Recipients 163 Stop Non-Productive Spending 165 Implement Governmental Specifics That Work 166 Properly Use Minimum Wages And Subsidies 169 Create Productive, 24-Hour Environments 171 Conclusion 173 Chapter 9 The Need For Nurturing Core Values In the Administration of Justice and How We Can Do It 175 Diminished Personal Accountability 175 Justice For Whom? 177 Misdirections In The Rehabilitation Of Criminals 177 Employers Put On The Spot 179 What Needs To Be Done 179 Chapter 10 The Need For Nurturing Core Values In Business and How We Can Do It 185 Inadequate Regulation 191 Unwarranted Compensation 191 Deception And Exploitation 193 Questionable Payoffs Abroad 196 Attempts To Justify Different Standards For Business 197 The Doctrine of Laissez Faire 198 Social Darwinism 202 The Game Analogy 203 Cost/Benefit Analysis 205 Conclusion 210 Workable Programs Are Attainable 210 Within An Organization 211 Among Different Organizations 212 Across Cultures 215 What Needs To Be Done 218 Reform Boards of Directors 218 Select The Right Leaders 221 Ethically Empower Lower-Level Personnel 222 Use Communication, Modeling, and Discussion 225 Use The Principled Negotiations Approach in Bargaining 226 Downsize Intelligently 228 Reduce The Conflict Between Job and Family Obligations 230 Use The Search Conference 231 Install Gainsharing 233 Adjust For International Operations 234 Reduce The Conflict Between Domestic And Foreign Work-Environment Requirements 240 Conclusion 242 Overview 243 Notes 249 Index 301
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