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U.S. lags in workplace protections : A study on global workplace protections finds the U.S. falls short behind other countries in respect to things like guaranteed sick leave. Steve Henn reports the U.S. has a fear of a global competitive disadvantage.

Diversity and ethics go along way in the workplace and are soemthing to be taken very seriously. Every business should take pride in these categories and make sure they are implementing training programs so none of these issues conflict with their work.

This outlines some common workplace ethical issues.

The recent allegations on American Apparel for sexual harrasament, which they have already been sued in the past. One would thing there would be changes involving procedures and ethics in the work place. Could a company be helpless and ethical bankrupt with no hope of becoming a model of good ethics ?

sexual freedom in the workplace is about power

Can "sexual freedom" in the workplace lead to any other consequence other than sexual harrassement?

Good article about women in the workplace.

This is actually most of the last paragraph of the post on this page but I thought it was a nice summary of the principles behind this group: "In our concluding remarks, we touched on the connection between the biased images seen in the film and cognitive bias. The media continually recreates stereotypes, which generate cognitive biases, which lead to real-world discrimination in our workplaces and schools. How can we break that cycle? Educating ourselves about cognitive bias is a good start."

The book "Right Thing" goes along well with Practical Wisdom and one can take a lot from both of them.

Language in the workplace with emphasis towards women.

This article talks about monitoring employees, especially email, in the workplace.

This shows that Davis was right in his essay that most whistleblowers bring information forward at great risk to themselves. Most workplaces have a "Whistleblower Protection" rules somewhere (I know my job does) but they do not really want you to bring forward information.

Interesting guide and read. Show how to keep dishonest employees and coworkers honest. But really if they were all ethical and rational people, there wouldn't be a need for this article

kind of neat to see how ethics have changed

Creativity is not nearly so undervalued in the workplace and marketplace as it is in our systems of education. 

There has always been a real ethical issue on what to wear and what not to wear to the office. In this article it talks about that even in the great summer weather, you should always be professional and it points out a few valid guidlines for that.

office summer attire meets common sense

Article on how to be a better employee towards your boss just by understanding what is body language is telling you.

A great article for the elderly in a fast changing work place.

Comments no one wants to hear--at any age.

I found this article very interesting. I work with some people that show these behaviors on a daily basis. This has some good advice on how to hande these situations, and avoid behaving badly at work.

This article talks about individuals with toxic behaviors that influence their work behavior and regular personality in their life.

This is a good article talking about how one should act when other employees are acting uneticaly.

We need to apply ethics not only to others, but also to ourselves. We must not harm ourselves by overworking ourselves. This article is great on how vacations are appropriate and can help us better ourselves in the workplace.

Talks about the goods and bads of taking vacations in the business world. I think taking vacations can make you feel real relaxed and when you return from your vacation you feel re-energized and ready to get back on track.