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Ethics in a Voluntary
Economy
Only the
Ethical Need Apply, Susan Llewelyn Leach, Christian
Science Monitor, 03.30.2005
[JS] How will the first world workforce
transform over the next two generations, as people increasingly work as they
choose, on ever more abstract, "high-touch," service-based jobs? Leach cleverly
outlines the position of Dick Samson, Tom Malone and others
that as automation replaces our more rote cognitive and behavioral tasks,
workers will transition into an increasingly transparent, highly connected
society. In that environment our ability to be fair, responsible, dependable,
trustable, and credible (doing what we promise), as well as our ability to
empower and help others, as determined by their public feedback, will become the
primary propositions differentiating our value to the system.
These are excellent insights into a world
where technology will increasingly replace even many of today's knowledge worker
jobs, pushing us all into ever-more-abstract sectors of the service economy. The
basic liberal arts education that stresses good communications skills, civics,
and a broad understanding and valuing of diversity will never have been more
valuable. The more things change, the more some things stay the same.
Ethics are game theories for successful conflict resolution, and as the change of pace increases successful conflict resolution will continue to increase in importance, even as they get more refined. Looking for good books to guide you in your increasingly high-stakes, high-value interactions? Joseph Grenny and Kerry Patterson's books, Crucial Conversations 2002, and Crucial Confrontations, 2004, are excelent places to start. For corporate interpersonal skills training, see also the VitalSmarts website.
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