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an explanation and a remedy
since values frequently function
together in pairs and clusters.
3) Workshop participants suggested changing the order in
which the values are listed
in the SOV, placing integrity
first. Because integrity conveys
wholeness and coherence and
because its content includes other
values, it should be treated as a
meta-value, one whose function
is to oversee the integration of
other values into a single whole.
Listing integrity first would better highlight this synthesizing
and integrating role.
Thus, the verification stage of
value realization has supported sustainable efforts in a community's
self-education and development.
Challenging the SOV keeps it alive
and generates new meaning. It also
foments dialogue among stakeholders. Verification is affirmed and
accomplished through generating
new pedagogical material, fomenting dialogue and collaboration, and
continuous testing of underlying
conceptual frameworks.

Process of Discovery,
Translation, and Verification
Applying techniques from software
development to ethics reverses
the usual relation and allows ethics to learn from other disciplines. Working from a framework

for software programming, the
academic community profiled here
experienced discovery, translation,
and verification of its core value
commitments. Different workshops focused on value integration
tasks. Finally, efforts were made
to verify value-integration through
teaching modules and communitybased learning projects such as
translating the Statement of Values
into Spanish.

Author Information
The authors are with the College
of Business Administration, University of puerto rico-Mayagüez,
puerto rico; email: williamjoseph.
frey@upr.edu and j.cruz@upr.edu.

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