value-system

Example Sentences

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If you come to work high on your own value system, it is likely you will ignore the values of others and fail to “coexist in harmony.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Now it’s just “I want fame as an end,” so it’s an interesting value system snapshot right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

"In my experience, a lot of young men have found the apps toxic too... They are perpetuating a value system that doesn't value human complexity or awkwardness."

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

"We cannot realize more positive health outcomes if our food system remains broken and lacks an embedded value system."

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Others claim that inner-city residents no longer share the same value system as mainstream society, and therefore are not stigmatized by criminality.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander