FREE LECTURE: UWA Business School Public Lecture - Do Our Values Really Determine Our Actions?

Do the basic values we proclaim influence our behaviour, or are they mere lip service or ways to justify our behaviour?

Professor Schwartz will provide a convincing answer to this question that goes against what psychologists thought for most of the past 50 years. He will discuss the nature and functions of personal values and then outline a set of ten basic value categories that include the values recognised across cultures.

Values form an integrated structure of conflicts and compatibilities that clarifies why it often appears that values do not relate to behaviour. Professor Schwartz will present methods to measure values that have been used around the world. He will then discuss how values influence behaviour and provide examples of the value bases of numerous socially significant actions.

To register for this event please visit www.business.uwa.edu.au/school/eventregistration