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role models  

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  • According to philosophers, the relationship between ethics and role modeling extends back to Aristotle, who said that the spirit of morality was awakened in an individual through the witness and conduct of a moral person. Social scientists bear this out, finding that the modeling process is a common means of observational learning and of transmitting values, attitudes, and behaviors. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Role Model]

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