Benefits of Work Experience Gen Z workers complain about being labeled as lazy. One explanation that is discussed in an article by Marissa Matozzo in the New York Post is that ‘People like to talk about us but not talk to us.’ When I read this statement, it made me think about a blog I wrote in October 2024 […]
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Weighing the Harms and Benefits of Alternative Actions We would like to think that organizations run their businesses ethically and, for the most part, this is true. However, there may be circumstances when a supervisor asks you to do something illegal or unethical. There are a variety of reasons this could occur including: Examples of
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Do Whistleblower Awards Lead to More Whistleblowing? The ethics of whistleblowing is a tricky matter. Whistle-blowing brings two moral values, fairness and loyalty, into conflict. Doing what is fair or just (e.g., promoting an employee based on talent alone) often conflicts with showing loyalty (e.g., promoting a longstanding but unskilled employee). Taken to its extreme
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From Ethics Washing to AI Washing I have previously blogged about ‘Ethics Washing’ in general, and blogged about it in the workplace, pointing out that it refers to the practice of ethical window dressing. It is where an organization gives lip service to ethics to make it seem as though it acts responsibly but does not do anything to
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Advice for Educators Regarding the Use of ChatGPT by Students Cheating in college is nothing new. What’s different are the new forms of cheating, which are diverse today because of the expanding areas of AI in education. In addition, the use of technology and software such as ChatGPT has created a greater opportunity for cheating
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Building Strong Relationships Among Students Shared values are the core beliefs and principles that guide our behavior in relationships and decision-making processes. Sharing values can create a shared sense of purpose and direction in a relationship, contributing to a feeling of being on the same page as others and in organizations. These values address how
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How to Build a Civil Workplace Environment I have blogged on my “Ethics Sage” blog site before about civility in the workplace and the forces that have created a decline in good behavior. The loss of civility in the workplace mirrors that of society. Today, we experience rudeness more than ever before. People we deal with may
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Do Recruiters Lie as Well? I have observed that college students often lie about their qualifications, skills, and grade-point average in the hiring process. It seems the younger generations (Millennials and Gen Z) rationalize lying as being acceptable more than generations in the past. Some have told me that lying is acceptable because the firms
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A Conflict of Interests The PwC-Australia tax scandal was caused by a conflict of interest between PwC’s work advising the Australian government on tax laws and its work advising corporations on how to avoid those laws. This conflict of interest came to a head in 2015, when PwC leaked secret Australian Government tax plans to corporations, including Google,
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A Simple Tool for Ethical Decision Making in the Workplace A friend of mine, Paul Falcone, who is well known in the HR field, posted an article on LinkedIn. I greatly appreciate his letting me use it for today’s blog. It has a lot of great advice. HR Managers and Business Leaders Need a Tool
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