Values, attitudes & working principles in the digital world
Introduction
Voluntary organisations live out core values and live them out in clear attitudes and principles.
In order to be prepared for the digital future, volunteer organisations must think about how they can make their values liveable in the digital world and also take responsibility for this transformation process.
This paper is intended to support voluntary organisations in bringing their values to life in the digital world in the form of attitudes and principles.
Based on a definition of values, attitudes and principles, central lived values of volunteer organisations are translated into attitudes and summarized in principles on how they can be filled with life in digital work.
Conceptual design
In order to discuss the manifestations of values, attitudes and principles, there must be a common understanding of what they mean. To this end, the framework has been defined by a common definition.
VALUES
(What do you beleive in?)
Values are those ideas that are generally recognized as desirable in a society and give people orientation. A distinction is made between:
- moral values (honesty, justice, loyalty)
- religious values (fear of God, charity)
- political values (tolerance, freedom, equality)
- aesthetic values (art, beauty)
- material values (wealth)
- family values
- corporate values.
ATTITUDES
(Who are you? How do you behave?)
Attitude refers to a set of feelings, beliefs, and behaviours toward a particular object, person, thing, or event
- How do you feel and think about something or someone?
- What do you believe in?
- How do you behave?
PRINCIPLES & NORMS
(How do you do it? How do you make values and principles liveable?)
A “principle” is simply a fundamental rule that influences a person’s actions.
- How do you do things?
- How you apply your principles in practice?
Values that are relevant to volunteering
In a multi-stage process, experts for volunteering have compiled decisive values that are relevant in the area of impact and that are also important in the digitalisation of work in volunteering or its services.
Following VALUES are important for volunteer organisations we identified usually:
