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Respect

All team members should respect all the other team members. They don’t actually all have to like each other, but everyone needs to recognize the contributions of everyone else, and treat their team members well. Respectful discussion and listening to other’s opinions is a learning experience for everyone. No team member should be afraid to speak for fear of being abused or rudely dismissed.

Respect is a positive feeling of admiration or deference for a person, child, non-human animal, or other entity (such as a nation or a religion), and also specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected (e.g., "I have great respect for her judgment"). It can also be conduct in accord with a specific ethic of respect.

Respect can be both given and/or received. Depending on an individual's cultural reference frame, respect can be something that is earned. Respect is often thought of as earned or built over time. Often, continued caring interactions are required to maintain or increase feelings of respect among individuals. Chivalry, by some definitions, contains the outward display of respect.

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