work ethic
work ethic The idea of productive labour, or
work, being valued in and for itself by those who do it, encouraging them to invest greater effort than could be achieved by social pressures, incentive payments, or other devices developed by employers to extract maximum output from their workforces. The concept is a unique product of Western European culture; other cultures rely on different social, religious, and political ideologies to encourage productive labour and the fulfilment of social obligations. The idea was derived originally from the
protestant ethic, which presents work as a religious and moral obligation, and is now widely used as simplified popular version of that concept, especially in the context of explanations for low or high
productivity and
economic growth. The relevant American and British research in sociology, psychology, economics, and political science is reviewed systematically in Michael Rose ,
Re-working the Work Ethic (1985)
. See also
ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION;
ENTREPRENEUR;
TASK-ORIENTATION VERSUS TIME-ORIENTATION DISTINCTION;
WORK, SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF.
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If God is dead, who gets his house? The fastest-growing faith in America is no faith at all. And now some atheists think they need a church.(Society for Ethical Culture)
Magazine article from: New York; 4/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Society for Ethical Culture on a recent Saturday...evolve? THE SOCIETY FOR Ethical Culture was formed in...even for an atheist. Ethical Culture's imposing...secular cathedral, Ethical Culture peaked at maybe...kind of civil-rights movement. Groups like ...
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Reinvigorating a Movement; Washington Ethical Society Chooses Young Minister as Its New Leader
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...years, members of the Washington Ethical Society agreed on one thing...platform," as it's called in the Ethical Culture movement -- tomorrow morning, Amanda...redefining and focusing for the Ethical Society, which also rebuilt its...
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Brave new world of cloning spawns ethical nightmares.(Culture, Et Cetera)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...fertilized eggs when the lab loses contact with the parents has become a logistical and moral nightmare. Already there's a movement on for infertile couples or single women to "adopt" unwanted embryos. One Denver-based company, Creating Families, arranges...
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Survey of Leading U.S. Executives Shows Corporate Culture to be The Key Factor Influencing Ethical Behavior.
PR Newswire; 6/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...have been made in the movement towards better corporate...achieve best practices in ethical business. The survey...considering the effect of culture on their executives...effective in assessing the ethical principles of their...not focus enough on ethical behavior when identifying...they ...
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Creating culture in the mythopoetic men's movement: an ethnographic study of micro-level leadership and socialization.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Men's Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...mythopoetic men's movement through a close empirical...life that supports an ethical and meaningful role...processes of change that the movement aims to develop. The...socialization, and culture construction on the local level within the movement. It is important to...
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Column: Return to the kitchen, fast food culture challenged by 'slow food' movement.(Column)
News Wire article from: U-Wire; 3/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...They are the Slow Food Movement. Carlo Petrini, one...began the Slow Food Movement and has since raised...food, tradition and culture that make this pleasure possible. Our movement is founded upon this...fast food, and what ethical and safe buying practices...
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Chief Fela Sowande, Traditional African Culture and the Black Studies Movement: A Student Remembers
Magazine article from: The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online); 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Indigenous Socialization in the Face of the Culture Wars (2002). Finally, I will also...Black Liberation/Black Student Movement. Sowande understood the degree to...position that African centered values and ethical standards are needed
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Chief Fela Sowande, traditional African culture and the Black Studies Movement: a student remembers.
Magazine article from: Journal of Pan African Studies; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Indigenous Socialization in the Face of the Culture Wars (2002). Finally, I will also...Rights/Black Liberation/Black Student Movement. Sowande understood the degree to which...position that African centered values and ethical standards are
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Case study: the Focolare movement--evangelization and contemporary culture.
Magazine article from: International Review of Mission; 1/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...present the Focolare movement to you and examine its...current crisis in Western culture and hence, is a major...the capacity to reduce culture to a relativistic interplay...imbued with this new culture, and a third part would...the encounter between ethical subjects, whose prime...
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Students doubting religion now can join group of peers: Secular humanism movement reaches out to youth.(Culture, Et Cetera)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/13/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...into an activist membership movement," said Paul Kurtz, who founded...for God as a first cause, on ethical grounds and from "Pascal...efforts to organize a student movement are not new. The American...he said, "The humanist movement is like trying to herd cats...
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Ethical Culture movement
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ethical Culture movement originating in the Society for Ethical Culture, founded in New York City in 1876, by Felix Adler . Its aim is "to assert the supreme importance of the ethical factor in all relations of life, personal, social...
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Ethical Culture, Society for
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...boundaries. Ethical Culture was based on the intrinsic...Society for Ethical Culture was the institutional...the Ethical Culture movement. Adler considered Ethical...important role in the reform movements of the Progressive Era...the Settlement House ...
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Ethical Movement
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Ethical Movement. In 1876 the ‘Society for Ethical Culture’ was founded in the USA by Felix Adler, to unite those who hold that morality is the fundamental element in religion. A corresponding movement begun in Britain in 1887 won less support.
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Literary Movements
Book article from: American Decades
LITERARY MOVEMENTS Renaissances Stimulated...developments in American culture. The Harlem Renaissance...trapped in the lost culture of Before-the War...Southern land-based culture against the inroads...and it stressed the ethical value of experience...
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Felix Adler
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Society for Ethical Culture, a liberal religious movement in the United...inspiring a movement which has carried...the Ethical Movement, 1876-1926...and ethical culture: memories and...Reform Judaism to ethical culture: the...
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