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Understanding Responsibility: The Influence of Core Values on Personal Attributes and Behaviors
Responsibility as a Core Value is more than checking off tasks. It is the place where accountability (answering for outcomes) intersects with priorities (deciding what matters most). Two perpendicular dimensions can effectively map that intersection.

Greg Mullen
2 days ago8 min read
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Fairness as a Core Value: When Fairness Feels "Unfair"
Fairness is one of those universal values that almost everyone claims—but few agree on. In the Mullen Bioecological Model, fairness is broken down into two key dimensions, each with two ends. When crossed, they form four distinct interpretations of what fairness actually looks like in practice.

Greg Mullen
May 110 min read
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Understanding Respect: The Influence of Core Values on Personal Attributes and Behaviors
Respect as a Core Value for Who We Are and How We Learn involves perspectives of Authority and Self-Worth influenced by six attributes.

Greg Mullen
Feb 13 min read
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Six Core Values for Who We Are and How We Learn
At the end of my last post, Elements of Culture, I wrote how Culture and Values overlap but are still distinct layers with distinct...

Greg Mullen
May 9, 202213 min read
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Culture of Self-Directed Schooling
How would I describe the culture of a self-directed schooling environment? When I think about “culture”, I often imagine the sound of...

Greg Mullen
Mar 21, 202211 min read
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