Core Values

Proposed principles for DhIA and the values that underpin them - they are designed to be simple enough to use to guide our day-to-day actions and decisions, but broad enough that many other concepts can fit within their meaning. Our core principles and the values they embody are listed below.

Lead with compassion and respect.

  • Compassion motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is often regarded as being sensitive to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others.

  • Respect, also called esteem, is a positive feeling or action shown towards someone or something considered important or held in high esteem or regard. It conveys a sense of admiration for good or valuable qualities.

  • Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for the welfare and/or happiness of other humans or animals, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core aspect of various religious and secular worldviews.

Serve with integrity and excellence.

  • Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services.

  • Agility or nimbleness is an ability to change the body's position quickly and requires the integration of isolated movement skills using a combination of balance, coordination, speed, reflexes, strength, and endurance.

  • Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority.

Reach out to include and connect.

  • Inclusion in education refers to all students being able to access and gain equal opportunities to education and learning.

  • a relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else

  • Pluralism as a political philosophy is the recognition and affirmation of diversity within a political body, which is seen to permit the peaceful coexistence of different interests, convictions, and lifestyles.