This questionnaire surveys beliefs and values about life and people.  You will agree with some of the statements and disagree with others. I n some cases you may find it difficult to make a decision, but you should force a choice.  Record your answers next to each statement according to the following scale:

                        Strongly agree           = 5

                        Somewhat agree       = 4

                        Somewhat disagree  = 2

                        Strongly disagree       = 1

____   1.  People should be concerned with God and life after death.

____   2.  Great accomplishments make life worth living.

____   3.  The best way to live is to keep emotions and behaviors under control.   People should follow the adage, “less is more.”

____   4.  Because people have different needs, values, and personalities, we should follow the sayings, “live and let live” and “different strokes for different folks.”

____   5.  Understanding why people do what they do is more science than art.

____   6.  Despite what we read and see in the news, life is getting better for people.  Conditions are better in modern times than in the past.

____   7.  There is a divine purpose in everything that happens, even if it is hard to understand at the time.

____   8.  Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.

____   9.  It is good to keep ideas and feelings to yourself; you should follow the principle, “trust not, suffer not.”

____ 10.  People should remember truth is relative and what is right for one person may be wrong for another.

____ 11.  If you could completely control a person’s environment, you couel completely control the person’s behavior.

____ 12.  People should accentuate the positive in life; they should look for a silver lining in every cloud and good in every person.

____ 13.  God is an idea created my human beings.

____ 14.  You only pass this way once, so live life to its fullest.

____ 15.  People should have the attitude, “nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

____ 16.  What the world needs is more people with principles and the strength to stand up for them.

____ 17.  You can never fully control people because each person has free will.

____ 18.  The way the world is going, civilization will probably be destroyed by disease or some other calamity.

____ 19.  Belief in God is based on superstition and is not supported by fact.

____ 20.  Good advice is, “If it feels good, do it.”

____ 21.  People should learn from the turtle, who never makes progress until it sticks its neck out.

____ 22.  Obedience and respect for authority are two important values a society must develop in its people.

____ 23.  A scientific understanding of human behavior is limited because each person is a unique individual with immeasurable and un predictable qualities.

____ 24.  The world is full of poverty, sickness, prejudice and cruelty, and there is little reason to believe things will change.

SCORING

                        A:  Total scores for 1 and 7     = ____

B:  Total scores for 13 and 19 = ____

C:  Total scores for 2 and 8     = ____

D:  Total scores for 14 and 20 = ____

E:  Total scores for 3 and 9      = ____

F:  Total scores for 15 and 21  = ____

G:  Total scores for 4 and 10    = ____

H:  Total scores for 16 and 22  = ____

I:    Total scores for 5 and 11    = ____

J:   Total scores for  17 and 23  = ____

K:   Total scores for 6 and 12   = ____

L:   Total scores for 18 and 24 = ____

Scale I:             10 + A - B = _______

Scale II:            10 + C - D = _______

Scale III:          10 + E - F = ________

Scale IV:          10 + G - H = _______

Scale V:           10 + I - J = ________

Scale VI:          10 + K - L = _______

Source: Manning and Curtis, Ethics at Work