This is a case study on A New Work Ethic written by James Sheehy a human resources manager. According to the Business Dictionary (2011) ethic is define as the basic concepts and fundamental principles of right human conduct. It includes study of universal values such as the essential equality of all men and women, human or natural rights, obedience to the law of land, concern for health and safety and, increasingly, also for the natural environment.
According to Sheehy the attitudes in his work environments seems to be very typical and my work experiences were different. Sheehy portrayed the attitude of his employees are, as a whole generation of frightening new work ethics. Which these employees portray a unscrupulous attitude and behavior , some even dragged their tasks or put it on hold, some of the employees did not recognize the job as a real job that one could be happy and satisfy with but just away to make some extra cash. Their customer service skills meant getting rid of the customer as fast as possible and made the quality and service of the business very poor. Sheehy employee’s attitude and my work experience were very different; my colleagues were very professional and were dedicated to their jobs. My coworkers sees the job as a way to achieve their goals both inside and outside of the workplace; we all worked together as a team to get the job done.
The implications of the work ethic Sheehy describes for the future of Americans business are tomorrow’s leaders of America are ones that feel that you must claw your way to the top. They show characteristics of someone who would step on anyone or do anything to get what they want. It shows implications of a lot of ill will being performed in the future and how the structure of business competition may be a bit more competitive in the future.
According to Hill (1996) just as the people of the mid-nineteenth century encountered tremendous cultural and social change with the dawn of