Which core value describes the responsibility of all faculty, staff, and students to be a contributing member of a unified educational community committed to connection and engagement?

• A. Stewardship
• B. Organizational Citizenship
• C. Caring
• D. Nursing Innovation

Answer: (B)

The main concept being tested is organizational citizenship within a learning community—the voluntary, discretionary behaviors beyond formal duties that strengthen the group and its connections. Describing the responsibility of all faculty, staff, and students to contribute to a unified educational community committed to connection and engagement fits Organizational Citizenship because it emphasizes going beyond what is formally required to support colleagues, mentor others, participate in shared initiatives, and foster a sense of belonging. These behaviors—helping peers, supporting campus programs, showing initiative, and promoting a collaborative culture—keep the community cohesive and actively engaged.

Stewardship would focus more on managing and safeguarding resources for the future; Caring centers on interpersonal concern and empathy but doesn’t inherently capture the obligation to contribute to the communal functioning and engagement; Nursing Innovation relates to advancing nursing practice and processes rather than the communal educational community.