Ethical Considerations Ghosting in the employment decision is on the rise. There are many reasons for it, not the least of which is the decline of respect and responsibility in the workplace. In many cases today, employers do not take the time to correspond with employees about the employment decision. This leaves employees in the […]
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Managing the Workplace Environment to Enhance Employee Satisfaction I have previously blogged about how The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People can be applied to Gen Z workers. As I mentioned in the first of three blogs that explore this issue, “The 7 Habits presents an ‘inside-out’ approach to human effectiveness that is centered on principles and character. Inside-out
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How Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits Influences Behavior in the Workplace The most recent blog that I wrote on my Ethics Sage website examined how Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People might be used to discuss the relationship of these characteristic traits of behavior related to managing employees in the workplace. I am writing three separate blogs on this issue.
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Do Company Practices Affect the Acceptance of a Job or Assignment? On Wednesday, July 30, I posted a blog on my “Ethics Sage” blog sight that addresses the ethics of the Big 4 accounting firms and whether candidates for a position with the firms should check out the record of ethics for these firms. I believe, at
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Distinguishing Quiet Quitting from “Resenteeism” Today’s blog is the beginning of a series of blogs that will discuss Gen Z workers and whether they are any different from millennials and their predecessors–Gen X and Baby Boomers. I look at the concept of “quiet quitting” today and how it affects workplace behavior. But first, let’s look
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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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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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Beyond Happiness and Meaning: Transforming Your Life Through Ethical Behavior It has been about five years since I published my book, Beyond Happiness and Meaning: Transforming Your Life Through Ethical Behavior. From time to time, I read about ways to bring greater meaning and enjoy a higher level of happiness in life. In today’s blog I will
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Views About Workplace Conditions The Deloitte Global 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey connects 22,800 respondents in 44 countries to explore their attitudes about work and the world around them. Here are four of the key findings. Work to Live or Live to Work Gen Z workers are prioritizing their personal lives and well-being over working.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WHISTLEBLOWING POLICIES In a recent study by Ethisphere it was stated that younger workers are more willing to report workplace misbehavior than workers from other generations, yet they are less likely to report it. The reason given is that they lack confidence in their employer’s anti-retaliation policies. In other words, they fear that by
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