Australian Values
Values are principles or standards that we share with others in our
community. We use them to guide our decisions and behaviour, to reflect
on whether we have acted correctly or incorrectly, and to judge the
actions of others. Values can refer to the goals we have for our
society (for example, a world of peace, or economic development), goals
we have for ourselves or those close to us (for example, happiness, or
social status), and to ideal ways of behaving or engaging with the
world around us (for example, being honest, or being ambitious).
Since 1975, the Goal, Mode and Social Values Inventories have been
completed by Australian residents and citizens. We hold data on
Australian values that have been collected from 7 community surveys
(national samples) and 7 surveys targeting special populations.
The research reports listed below show changes in Australian values over a
30 year time span.
Values do not always translate directly into behaviour. We are all too
familiar with our own hypocrisy, as well as that of others. Values are
often compromised for pragmatic reasons, or because we lack the
imagination or courage to put them into practice. Failing to live up to
values is a common human problem. What is more noteworthy, however, is
the difference in social functioning between groups that place
importance on values and deliberate on their shortfalls, and those that
cynically discount the role that values play in social life. Values do
much to grease the wheels of social life.
Publications
Ahmed, E. & Braithwaite, V.
Higher education loans and tax evasion: A response to perceived unfairness, Law and Policy 29(1) 2007:121-136.
Braithwaite, V. & Ahmed, E.
A threat to tax morale: The case of Australia's higher education policy, Journal of Economic Psychology 26 2005:523-540.
Braithwaite, V.
The hope process and social inclusion,
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
592 2004:128-151.
(pdf version)
Braithwaite, V.
Who's not paying their fair share: Public perceptions of the Australian Tax System, Australian Journal of Social Issues 38 2003:335-362.
Braithwaite, V., Ahmed, E., Morrison, B. & Reinhart, M.
Researching the prospects for restorative justice practice in schools: The 'Life at School Survey' 1996-9. In L. Walgrave (ed) Repositioning Restorative Justice: Restorative Justice, Criminal Justice and Social Context. Willan Publishing, UK, 2003:169-190.
(pdf version)
Braithwaite,V., Gatens, M. & Mitchell, D.
If mutual obligation is the answer, what is the question? Australian
Journal of Social Issues 37 2002:225-245.
Braithwaite, V.
Values and restorative justice in schools. In H. Strang & J. Braithwaite (eds) Restorative Justice: Philosophy to Practice. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000:121-144.
(pdf version)
Braithwaite, V.
Communal and exchange trust norms, their value base and relevance to
institutional trust. In V. Braithwaite & M. Levi (eds) Trust and Governance. Russell Sage, New York, 1998:46-74.
Braithwaite, V.
The value balance model of political evaluations, British Journal of
Psychology 89 1998:223-247.
Braithwaite, V. & Bush, J.
Affirmative action in Australia: A consensus-based dialogic approach,
National Women's Studies Association Journal 10 1998:115-134.
Braithwaite, V.
The value orientations underlying liberalism-conservatism, Personality and Individual Differences 25 1998:575-589.
Braithwaite, V. & Blamey, R.
Consensus, stability and meaning in abstract values, Australian Journal of Political Science 33 1998:373-390.
Blamey, R. K. & Braithwaite, V. A.
A social values segmentation of the potential ecotourism market,
Journal of Sustainable Tourism 5 1997:29-45.
(pdf version)
Blamey, R. & Braithwaite, V.
The validity of the security-harmony social values model in the general
population, Australian Journal of Psychology 49 1997:71-77.
Braithwaite, V.
Harmony and security value orientations in political evaluation,
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 23 1997:401-414.
Braithwaite, V., Makkai, T. & Pittelkow, Y.
Inglehart's materialism - postmaterialism concept: Clarifying the
dimensionality debate through Rokeach's model of social values, Journal
of Applied Social Psychology 26 1996:1536-1555.
Braithwaite, V.
Beyond Rokeach's equality-freedom model: Two dimensional values in a one
dimensional world, Journal of
Social Issues 50 1994:67-94.
Braithwaite, V. & Law, H.
The structure of human values: Testing the adequacy of the Rokeach Value Survey, Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology 49 1985:250-263.
Braithwaite, V.
The structure of social values: Validation of Rokeach's two-value model, British Journal of
Social Psychology 21 1982:203-211.
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