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it clear that a person can demonstrate courage without being a hero. In addition, interviewers should make it clear that it is okay to talk about extremely frightening experiences but should not try to fore candidates to tally about such experiences. Integrity, One participant commented that integrity may depend in part on a candidate's lidcal beliefs. If the candidate's beliefs do not fit the dormant culture's values or beliefs, the candidate "s responses may be perceived as showing less integrity. "Phis nt would seen to be true for all candidates* re ardles s of their gender or c ulun -al background. Cooperativeness* Several participants noted that minority and female candidates may actually do better than white a candidates on this target characteristic* According to Focus Group b participants, many cus place greater value on cooperation than on competition. In contrast, the white culture tends to value competition more than coopemdon. Female partici- pants said that women tend to cooperatie with others more than men. Dependability. Some Focus Gmup participants said that priorities can be a complicating factor with regard to Dependability. If family is a higher priority than work, candidates may i nences where being dependable toward family caused them to miss or be late for describe expe � � work. Interviewers may view this as a negative example of Dependability when really it is an e xan p le of being highly dependable toward the matter of greatest importance. Cultural and differences can come into la because some cultures, and women, tend to value family gender drff play more than work to a greater extent than white male s , do. Candidates may need to be educated that Dependability toward work is extremely important for the Firefighter position. This gives theta a context for responding to questions about Dependability. One artici ant noted that messing work to attend to family emergencies would be � p dewed as a legifimate reason for missing work in almost any culture. However, the definition of what constitutes a "family" emergency can differ across cultures because some cubs recognize more extensive fpDy ties than others. In some cultures it is considered legitimate to 53