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8.0.3.2 Convergence of ValuesVersion 1.2 December 2016                        (Previous Version) We have adopted core values based on our understanding of the nature of reality. Most of us no longer follow apparently arbitrary rules supposedly sourced from supernatural deities. Although some religious fanatics and nationalists still hold to extreme views and destructive values, many organisations – for profit and not-for profit – are declaring values that are consistent with those we have adopted. We can illustrate this with a few examples, from religion, politics, a not-for-profit organisation and a large multinational corporation.
This is the current summary of our conclusions in this area: 8.0.3.2 Examples of Convergence in Values There are signs that, on a global scale, over the long term, there is an increasing trend towards public expressions of support for human rights, in both religion and politics, and, more slowly, despite big power opposition, in the global enforcement of those rights. There are signs that some for-profit and not-for-profit organizations are moving to declare values consistent with the core values of this reasonable way. ●        It is still reasonable for us to be cynical about the motivations for declarations of decent values and for us to be extremely dubious about whether people and organizations act according to their stated values. (Many governments and religious organizations – e.g. the Catholic Church – are notorious examples of organizations that have acted inconsistently with their stated values.) ●        But as more organizations state their values, civil society has the opportunity           to criticize the stated values if they are inadequate, and           to hold organizations to account when their behaviour is inconsistent with their stated values. more (later)
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