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Developing Good Work Ethic

This document summarizes chapters from a course on ethico-legal aspects of business. It outlines how to enjoy work and create spiritual values in the workplace, such as practicing the Golden Rule and developing a personal relationship with God. It also lists the basic duties of employers, like respecting workers' dignity, and of workers, like working honestly. Finally, it describes the Protestant work ethic developed by Martin Luther and Max Weber, which emphasizes concepts like predestination, working as God's will, and reinvesting profits to further one's occupation.

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Developing Good Work Ethic

This document summarizes chapters from a course on ethico-legal aspects of business. It outlines how to enjoy work and create spiritual values in the workplace, such as practicing the Golden Rule and developing a personal relationship with God. It also lists the basic duties of employers, like respecting workers' dignity, and of workers, like working honestly. Finally, it describes the Protestant work ethic developed by Martin Luther and Max Weber, which emphasizes concepts like predestination, working as God's will, and reinvesting profits to further one's occupation.

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UNIVERSITY OF CEBU (UC)

Sanciangco St., Cebu City


GRADUATE SCHOOL

ETHICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS (DBA 511)


Academic Term: First Semester SY 2018-2019

REPORTER : EDNA A. CABILLO DATE REPORTED: October 13,2018


TOPIC : CHAPTER 9 - DEVELOPING GOOD WORK ETHIC

9.5 – How to Enjoy Work and Create Spiritual Values in the Workplace
9.6 – Basic Duties of Employers, School Administrator/Leaders
9.7 - Basic Duties of Workers, Teachers
9.8 - Protestant Work Ethics
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How to Enjoy Work and Create Spiritual Values in the Workplace

1. Practice the Golden Rule


2. Guard your mouth
3. Stop the green jokes
4. Practice ethical Behavior
5. Learn to Forgive
6. Be generous
7. Respect superiors and co-workers
8. Be considerate
9. Perform your work and fulfill your duties to the best of your ability;
10. Be a grateful person;
11. Do not bring the problems at home to the workplace or vice versa;
12. Be an inspiration to others;
13. Read the Bible every day;
14. Develop a personal relationship with God; and
15. Smile and enjoy your work. (Remember: work has been sanctified, it must also sanctify you)

Basic Duties of Employers (R.Agapay, 1991)

1. Respect the dignity of the Workers;


2. Appreciate their work;
3. Never treat them as slaves for making money;
4. Never assign them tasks beyond their strength , nor employ them in work not suited to their age
or gender;
5. Give them commensurate and fair wages;
6. Provide for their health and social recreation;
7. Provide them time for the practice of their religion;
8. Instruct them on how to use their money wisely;
9. Instruct them to love their family; and
10. Provide them with opportunities for promotion
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Basic Duties of Workers, Teachers

1. Work honesty and comply with all agreements;


2. Never injure capital, nor steal from the employer;
3. Never outrage the person of the employer;
4. Never employ deceit or violence in presenting a cause; and
5. Never consult with “agitators” or men of evil principles

Protestant Work Ethics

Martin Luther (1483-1546) who started the Reformation during the Renaissance period as a protest
against some of the doctrines of the Catholic Church also came up with a new perspective of work for
his followers. In summary, Luther believed that:

1. People could serve God through their work;

2. A person should work diligently his chosen occupation and should not try to change from the
profession to which he was called. To do so would be to go against God’s will;

3. Work is perceived to be universal base of society and the cause of differing social classes; and

4. Each person should earn an income which would meet his basic needs, but to accumulate
wealth was sinful.

But it was Max Weber who developed further the Protestant Work Ethic which was founded on
Calvinist tenets. In essence, the Protestant Work Ethic believes in the following principles:

1. Predestination – the belief that God has chosen the elect. (these are persons chosen by God to
inherit eternal life and all others are condemned and nothing could change that because God is
unchanging)

HARDWORK SUCCESS HEAVEN


2. All men must work, even the rich, because to work is the will of God.

3. Key elements of Protestant Work Ethic – Self- discipline, hard work and ability to save money.

4. Living ascetically, e.g. frugally, self-denial, taboo, pleasure of flesh.

5. Reinvest the profits of their labor into financing further ventures.

6. Selection of an occupation and pursuing it to the achieve the greatest profit possible is
perceived as a religious duty.

7. Other key elements of the Protestant Work Ethic include the following: diligence, punctuality,
deferment of gratification, and primacy of the work domain. For the Protestants, working hard is
a mark of commitment to their religion.

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