Business Ethics: A New Work Ethic
“A New Work Ethic”
BUS 309 Business Ethics
April 29, 2011
Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced.
Typical attitudes appear in almost every aspect of the work environments. Most people do not give 100% of their work potential because they do not feel they are appreciated. I managed a group home and some of the workers had nonchalant attitudes. They would make comments like, “I’m going back to school because this job isn’t good for me.” They would not put anything extra into getting their jobs completed, their work was very messy. Co-workers would each partake in acts of wrongdoing, but each would step on each other’s back when they were caught in certain situations. They would steal the group home children’s food and they would go to sleep on the job. This is just a few examples of the typical attitudes that I have had to deal with in my work environments.
Explain the implication of the work ethic Sheehy describes for the future of American business.
Sheehy describes the work ethic of future American businesses as being populated mainly by college students who will maintain a no-holds-barred, trample-over-anybody, get-what-you-want approach. Sheehy believes that these college students really believe that this approach is a necessary and glamorous road to success.
Sheehy feels that there is a whole generation of workers with frightening new work ethics, such as contempt for customers, indifference to quality and service, unrealistic work expectations, as well as a get-away-with-what-you-can attitude.
These college students feel that “scamming” was the ideal way. They would be taking shortcuts, not putting much effort into their work, and by delegating their work to someone else. They felt that they would only put that time and effort into that big job that they were holding out for. They were basically saying that this job is a means to an end for right now.
Explain whether it is more
BUS 309 Business Ethics
April 29, 2011
Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced.
Typical attitudes appear in almost every aspect of the work environments. Most people do not give 100% of their work potential because they do not feel they are appreciated. I managed a group home and some of the workers had nonchalant attitudes. They would make comments like, “I’m going back to school because this job isn’t good for me.” They would not put anything extra into getting their jobs completed, their work was very messy. Co-workers would each partake in acts of wrongdoing, but each would step on each other’s back when they were caught in certain situations. They would steal the group home children’s food and they would go to sleep on the job. This is just a few examples of the typical attitudes that I have had to deal with in my work environments.
Explain the implication of the work ethic Sheehy describes for the future of American business.
Sheehy describes the work ethic of future American businesses as being populated mainly by college students who will maintain a no-holds-barred, trample-over-anybody, get-what-you-want approach. Sheehy believes that these college students really believe that this approach is a necessary and glamorous road to success.
Sheehy feels that there is a whole generation of workers with frightening new work ethics, such as contempt for customers, indifference to quality and service, unrealistic work expectations, as well as a get-away-with-what-you-can attitude.
These college students feel that “scamming” was the ideal way. They would be taking shortcuts, not putting much effort into their work, and by delegating their work to someone else. They felt that they would only put that time and effort into that big job that they were holding out for. They were basically saying that this job is a means to an end for right now.
Explain whether it is more
References: (Shaw, 2010 Custom Edition)