workplace behavior

When Are Our Actions Morally Praiseworthy?

Moral Values, Workplace behavior / November 9, 2016

Doing Good by Being a Good Person What makes one person speak out and blow the whistle on wrongdoing while another remains silent? Is it a “moral sense,” as Thomas Jefferson wrote, that instinctively motivates a person’s thoughts and actions? Is it motivated by avoiding harm to others? The other day, a reader sent in […]

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Can Civility in Society Be Regained?

Behavioral Ethics, Civility / January 12, 2016

Causes of the Decline of Civility in America We’ve all personally experienced it – rudeness and discourteous behavior of others. It might be uncivil behavior in everyday life, such as using crude language, cutting in line, and road rage on the highway. Maybe it relates to a workplace situation: other people not listening to what

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