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Recall a time in a job, co-op placement, an internship, a student club, a student team project, etc. when your values conflicted with what you were expected to do in a particular, nontrivial decision, and you spoke up and acted to resolve the conflict. Consider the following and write: What were you asked to do? What did you do, and what was the impact? What are the values that conflicted with what you were expected to do? What motivated you to speak up and act? How satisfied are you with what you did? How would you like to have responded? (This question is not about rejecting or defending past actions but rather about imagining your ideal scenario of how you would have liked to respond.) What would have made it even easier for you to speak/act? Things within your own control Things within the control of others
Part 2 Recall a time in a job, co-op placement, an internship, a student club, a student team project, etc. when your values conflicted with what you were expected to do in a particular, nontrivial decision, and you did not speak up or act to resolve the conflict. Consider the following and write down your thoughts: What were you asked to do? What did you do, and what was the impact? What are the values that conflicted with what you were expected to do? Why didn’t you speak up or act? What, if any, rationalizations did you use justify not acting? How satisfied are you? How would you like to have responded? (This question is not about rejecting or defending past actions but rather about imagining your ideal scenario of how you would have liked to respond.) What would have made it easier for you to speak/act? Things within your own control Things within the control of others Compare how your responded to these two situations to draw a conclusion about when you tend to act on your values, and what is necessary for you to do so.