Ethics
Response 1: In the Ted Talk "The Puzzle of Motivation" by Dan Pink he speaks about giving employees in business either complete autonomy or partial autonomy. Meaning that employees are given complete freedom of what they do with their time and it is completely up to them to decide when to complete projects and where they complete them...all as long as they get their work done; how they do it is their choice. Partial autonomy is when employees are either given 20% of their day to work on whatever it is they want to work on (just as long as its something they don't usually work on...GOOGLE does this) or they are given one day out of the week to work on projects of their choice. I believe ethics comes in to play in this because employees have a choice of whether to do right or wrong. They are given complete freedom for a certain time of their day and it is up to them to act on that and get work done because their employer is relying on it. In this classroom we experience this same concept, we are given assignments but it is up to us to get them done when we can all as long as it is before the semester. Our final project encompasses this idea as well...we are given complete freedom as to what our final product should look like for the final! This allows our creativity to flourish and thrive! Again, we have to be dedicated enough to still get our work done...we should choose to do right with all the freedom that has been given to us.
Response 2: Ethics in the workplace can solve employee motivation issues. Organizations that have a well -defined ethics policy that is followed closely will have better morale. The ones that do not have all kinds of personnel issues and high turnover. If there is high well-defined and followed policy ethic there will be no need to try to motivate employees. Ethics is the glue that holds organizations together. Doing the right things the right ways by following policies and procedures. Ethical principles are the ways we are expected to act in the workplace. Having a general understanding of ethics in the workplace will point you in the right direction. Leaders will benefit from understanding how their employees feel about ethics and employee motivation will be easier. The ability to correct ethical issues will come in time. Employee motivation techniques like surveys can be used in the determination of whether any barriers exist. Barriers cana take the form of ethical issues and problems with co-workers. It is critical to identify existing roadblocks and eliminate them foran easier motivating process. If ethical practices continue without being addressed, they will create conflicts in the workplace. Improper ethics in an organization will have a negative effect on employee motivation but the effects of workplace conflicts will destroy workplace motivation. High levels of stress can also lead to unethical actions and conflicts.
Morality
Response 1: Morality is the principles concerning between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. Morality may not look the same for every individual because it is defined by religion, cultural backgrounds, race, life experiences etc. With that said, this Ted Talk relates to morality in the sense that it allows individuals to personalize their work with what it is that they believe in. They are allowed to voice their views, their ideas with what they may believe is morally correct. In the workplace that Dan describes in his video, employees are given freedom and no longer have to abide under management rules per say (to a certain extent). Employees will not be narrow minded through extrinsic rewards, but rather be driven intrinsically. They will be able to express what is inside of them and what is truly important to them in their work environment. Again, this will look different across the board, because everyone is different and has different values.
Response 2: Morale can be defined as the total satisfaction derived by an individual from his job, his work-group, his superior, the organization he works for and the environment. It generally relates to the feeling of individual’s comfort, happiness and satisfaction. Motivation and morality are closely related but motivation is an internal-psychological drive of an individual which urges him to behave in a specific manner while morale is more of a group scenario. Higher motivation often leads to higher morale of employees, but high morale does not essentially result in greatly motivated employees as to have a positive attitude towards all factors of work situation may not essentially force the employees to work more efficiently. Motivation is an individual concept, morale is a group concept. Thus, motivation takes into consideration the individual differences among the employees, and morale of the employees can be increased by taking those factors into consideration which influence group scenario or total work settings.
Virtue
Response 1: Virtue is behavior showing high moral standards. There is something about being given freedom that allows this notion to flourish all the more. In studies that Dan describes in his video, there is recurring theme that shows how extrinsic incentives drastically lowers performance. However, when workers are given the ability to work just for the pleasure of doing so (they are not given this narrow minded vision to achieve a prize) then they perform A LOT better. Giving workers/students the freedom will ultimately increase better behavior and high moral standards because workers/students won't be so focused on rules or prizes, but rather on something that truly matters to them.
Response 2: To act from virtue is to act from some particular motivation; thus to say that certain virtues are necessary for correct moral decisions is to say that correct moral decisions require correct motives. If an employee is motivated, he or she acts from virtue.
Empathy
Response 1: Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I believe that utilizing the idea of autonomy will surprisingly allow individuals understand the feelings of someone else. Individuals will be more open to hearing out someone else's opinion because they know that their idea is being heard as well. Whereas when there isn't autonomy, this can be a more frustrating case for an individual (because they aren't being heard) and it will be more difficult for them to hear out anyone else.
Response 2: Empathy is basically the ability to understand and relate to the thoughts, emotions or experiences of others without this information being directly communicated. If you develop honesty as a characteristic your motivation to tell the truth in a given situation is deeply entrenched in you and does not have to be referred immediately to reason or motivation.
Response 1: In the Ted Talk "The Puzzle of Motivation" by Dan Pink he speaks about giving employees in business either complete autonomy or partial autonomy. Meaning that employees are given complete freedom of what they do with their time and it is completely up to them to decide when to complete projects and where they complete them...all as long as they get their work done; how they do it is their choice. Partial autonomy is when employees are either given 20% of their day to work on whatever it is they want to work on (just as long as its something they don't usually work on...GOOGLE does this) or they are given one day out of the week to work on projects of their choice. I believe ethics comes in to play in this because employees have a choice of whether to do right or wrong. They are given complete freedom for a certain time of their day and it is up to them to act on that and get work done because their employer is relying on it. In this classroom we experience this same concept, we are given assignments but it is up to us to get them done when we can all as long as it is before the semester. Our final project encompasses this idea as well...we are given complete freedom as to what our final product should look like for the final! This allows our creativity to flourish and thrive! Again, we have to be dedicated enough to still get our work done...we should choose to do right with all the freedom that has been given to us.
Response 2: Ethics in the workplace can solve employee motivation issues. Organizations that have a well -defined ethics policy that is followed closely will have better morale. The ones that do not have all kinds of personnel issues and high turnover. If there is high well-defined and followed policy ethic there will be no need to try to motivate employees. Ethics is the glue that holds organizations together. Doing the right things the right ways by following policies and procedures. Ethical principles are the ways we are expected to act in the workplace. Having a general understanding of ethics in the workplace will point you in the right direction. Leaders will benefit from understanding how their employees feel about ethics and employee motivation will be easier. The ability to correct ethical issues will come in time. Employee motivation techniques like surveys can be used in the determination of whether any barriers exist. Barriers cana take the form of ethical issues and problems with co-workers. It is critical to identify existing roadblocks and eliminate them foran easier motivating process. If ethical practices continue without being addressed, they will create conflicts in the workplace. Improper ethics in an organization will have a negative effect on employee motivation but the effects of workplace conflicts will destroy workplace motivation. High levels of stress can also lead to unethical actions and conflicts.
Morality
Response 1: Morality is the principles concerning between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. Morality may not look the same for every individual because it is defined by religion, cultural backgrounds, race, life experiences etc. With that said, this Ted Talk relates to morality in the sense that it allows individuals to personalize their work with what it is that they believe in. They are allowed to voice their views, their ideas with what they may believe is morally correct. In the workplace that Dan describes in his video, employees are given freedom and no longer have to abide under management rules per say (to a certain extent). Employees will not be narrow minded through extrinsic rewards, but rather be driven intrinsically. They will be able to express what is inside of them and what is truly important to them in their work environment. Again, this will look different across the board, because everyone is different and has different values.
Response 2: Morale can be defined as the total satisfaction derived by an individual from his job, his work-group, his superior, the organization he works for and the environment. It generally relates to the feeling of individual’s comfort, happiness and satisfaction. Motivation and morality are closely related but motivation is an internal-psychological drive of an individual which urges him to behave in a specific manner while morale is more of a group scenario. Higher motivation often leads to higher morale of employees, but high morale does not essentially result in greatly motivated employees as to have a positive attitude towards all factors of work situation may not essentially force the employees to work more efficiently. Motivation is an individual concept, morale is a group concept. Thus, motivation takes into consideration the individual differences among the employees, and morale of the employees can be increased by taking those factors into consideration which influence group scenario or total work settings.
Virtue
Response 1: Virtue is behavior showing high moral standards. There is something about being given freedom that allows this notion to flourish all the more. In studies that Dan describes in his video, there is recurring theme that shows how extrinsic incentives drastically lowers performance. However, when workers are given the ability to work just for the pleasure of doing so (they are not given this narrow minded vision to achieve a prize) then they perform A LOT better. Giving workers/students the freedom will ultimately increase better behavior and high moral standards because workers/students won't be so focused on rules or prizes, but rather on something that truly matters to them.
Response 2: To act from virtue is to act from some particular motivation; thus to say that certain virtues are necessary for correct moral decisions is to say that correct moral decisions require correct motives. If an employee is motivated, he or she acts from virtue.
Empathy
Response 1: Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I believe that utilizing the idea of autonomy will surprisingly allow individuals understand the feelings of someone else. Individuals will be more open to hearing out someone else's opinion because they know that their idea is being heard as well. Whereas when there isn't autonomy, this can be a more frustrating case for an individual (because they aren't being heard) and it will be more difficult for them to hear out anyone else.
Response 2: Empathy is basically the ability to understand and relate to the thoughts, emotions or experiences of others without this information being directly communicated. If you develop honesty as a characteristic your motivation to tell the truth in a given situation is deeply entrenched in you and does not have to be referred immediately to reason or motivation.