Message-ID: <9808119028.AA902834859@hudsmtphq.hud.gov> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 07:26:43 -0500 From: mailto:michael_o._patterson@HUD.GOV Subject: Re[2]: Values among villagers To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
I have to chuckle since he (Robbins) surely created a bunch of jobs in Fiji building his mansion:-)...the notion of values in decision making can be linked to may organizational theories, including Maslov. We all make decisions based on our value structure, which is influenced by the culture that surrounds us. People here in the South fly the Confederate Flag rather than recognize how offensive others find it because that is their value system. We transplanted Yankees just scratch our heads because we just do not understand. ----------------------- On that very issue, there are Confederate flags being sold, with the colors of Africa: green, gold, and black, I think, sold by some black entrepeneurs. Now that's a flag I might think about flying. It's kind of like the Irish flags with both green and orange, or even the Tudor Rose: a white and red rose, showing peace between once bitter enemies, the houses of York and Lancaster.Images of peace are perhaps an important part of development.