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values (guiding principles)  

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  • Values have become a shifting and contested issue in an era of globalization. They are those general qualities of objects or activities that human beings appreciate, seek to preserve, or produce, that give meaning to their own and others' lives. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Values]

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