CAP Core Values

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CAP Core Values

• Civil Air Patrol
• Integrity
• Service Before Self
• Volunteer Services
• Excellence
• Respect

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Core Values

• What is a core value?
• Is it a belief ?
• Is it actions you take ?
• Or a way of being ?
• Core Values are actually all of these
• It is a who you are and the behavior and way of
  being whether you are at a CAP function or in
  your other daily activities

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United States Air Force Core Values

• Integrity
• Service Before Self
• Excellence in All We Do
• The USAF states Core Values are more than just a
  Slogan
• The glue that unifies the force and ties it to
  great warriors and public servants of the past

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CAP Core Values

• CAP set our core values embraced in 1996
• CAPs current Core Values were approved in 1999
• The Core Values are Integrated into every
  professional development program for Cadets and
  Senior Members
• Core Values establish a common set of behavior
  expectations as well as a set of standards to
  access member conduct

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IntegrityThe willingness to do what is right
even when no one is around

• Is the fiber to core values without it all other
  core values will not prevail
• It is at the center of our society for all that
  is moral and just.
• It is more than honesty
• It courage, responsibility, accountability,
  justice, openness, self respect, humility
• CAP members must practice the highest standards
  of self discipline

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Service Before Self

• Professional duties take precedence over personal
  desires
• Group Goals are more important than individuals

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Excellence

• To be the very best
• Consistently improve our humanitarian mission
• From personal appearance to resource management
  excellence must be the goal of all CAP members

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Volunteer Service

• Reflects the very essence of the organization
  service to humanity
• All CAP members give of their time energy,
  personal resources
• Commitment to put the organization purpose first
  and foremost
• Members agree to obey the rules and regulations
• This takes self discipline

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Respect

• Members are from all walks of life
• Members must treat each other with dignity and
  fairness
• Work together as a team
• To not treat each other with respect and dignity
  would threaten the success of the CAP missions

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Additional Core Values

• Trust
• Dependability
• Fun

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Trust

• Be honest in our dealings with each other
• Trusting others

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Dependability

• Make every effort to honor your words
• A person is only as good as their word
• When you make a commitment follow through
• If you are looked at as not being dependable you
  will have problems with being respected and
  trusted

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Fun

• Enjoy the time we spend accomplishing the mission
  of CAP
• When CAP stops being fun stop CAP
• Enjoy our fellow cadets and the senior members
  who work with you
• Go to as many activities as you can. This allows
  you get the most out of CAP

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Conclusion

• Why do we have Core Values ?
• What makes the CAP and the Air Force Core Values
  same?
• Why are the Core Values similar?
• Define each one of the Core Values
• What are the