The values people have for themselves are driven by the way they are brought up, the experiences they have, the teachings they get. It can be vastly different from person to person, but as long as their interests do not overlap or are not shared, that won't be much of an issue.
In situations where people's interests do overlap, conflicting values become a point of contention. And if people work together in teams on behalf of a greater group, like a works council, a board, a government, the group's overall values may not be covered by that small team. It may very well be that the team's individual values dominate over the larger group's, often to a fault. That's called a dictatorship.
If a small group of people represents a larger group, that small group must set their group values, which may completely differ from one's individual values. If one represents someone else, he should do so regardless of his own personal values. Or else stop representing the group.
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