Our Values

From our formal missions, FIE has devised specific and Articulated Values values which underpin and motivate all aspects of our organization. 

Commitment to the Environment	Ethics & Human Rights Social & Cultural Reflection & Action	Knowledge & Inclusivity
Active engagement with environmental impact. Addressing issues of sustainability and applying initiatives.	Recognition of issues of social justice at global and national levels. Awareness of ethical implications of personal choice and governmental action. A heightened awareness of civic and social responsibilities at local and global levels. Developing our understanding, appreciation of and empathy towards diverse cultures and identities. A continued engagement in cross-cultural and multicultural communication.	A recognition of the social, cultural, and historical context of knowledge, and of knowledge as socially and culturally constructed and maintained. An understanding of the potential for the contribution of non-dominant groups and recognition of their role, power, and privilege, within fields of study.

FIE's values are reflected in our Program Learning Attributes. As a direct result full engagement in FIE programs, students will:

•  Demonstrate an understanding, appreciation of, and empathy towards diverse cultures and identities
•  Analyze issues of social justice at global, national, and local levels
•  Evaluate the ethical implications of their personal choices integrated with their civic and social responsibilities
•  Discriminate between sustainability initiatives and critique them while also showing ways of improving sustainability

Each of our courses, and the assignments within each course, have been mapped to the Program Learning Attributes. 

KNOWLEDGE AND INCLUSIVITY 

•  A recognition of the social, cultural and historical context of knowledge, and of knowledge as socially and culturally constructed and maintained.
•  An understanding of the potential for contribution of non-dominant groups and recognition of their role, power and privilege, within fields of study.

 ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

•  Recognition of issues of social justice at global and national levels.
•  Awareness of ethical implications of personal choice and governmental action.

 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL REFLECTION AND ACTION 

•  A heightened awareness of civic and social responsibilities at local and global levels.
•  Developing our understanding, appreciation of and empathy towards diverse cultures and identities.
•  A continued engagement in cross-cultural and multicultural communication.

 COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT 

•  Active engagement with environmental impact.
• Addressing issues of sustainability and applying initiatives.