Definitions of Values

Something intrinsically valuable or desirable.              

Merriam-Webster

The principles that guide ethical behavior.              

Ethics Resource Center

Modes of conduct … means by which … human enterprises should be conducted.

                                                                              James MacGregor Burns

Enduring beliefs … Values influence the decisions that we make and impact the courses of action that we take.

Susan S. and Thomas D. Kuczmarski 

Standards and patterns of choice that guide persons and groups toward satisfaction, fulfillment and meaning.

Richard Morrill  

What an individual wants or desires or ascribes worth to.

Kevin Ryan and Karen Bohlin