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Strike a Balance: Tips for a Fulfilling Work and Life Experience

HR Digest

Legal and ethical considerations: In some countries, promoting work-life harmony is mandated by law. Even in places where it is not required, failing to promote work and life balance can lead to ethical concerns around employee well-being and may even lead to legal issues such as discrimination or violation of labor laws.

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Navigator Newsletter #180

Chart Your Course

Leaders in the organization serve as role models through their ethical behavior and personal involvement in planning, communicating and developing others. Upon successful completion of the training, you may teach and conduct workshops in your organization or training practice. Limited to five people per class. July Class: FULL.

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Seven First Steps for New Members of Congress (That Apply to New.

Next Level Blog

   A long time ago, in a more bipartisan age, I helped organize a week long orientation program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for the freshman congressional class of 1986.     I haven’t heard whether or not this year’s class is headed to the Kennedy School. 

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business Review

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. Ethical behavior has to be led by example, and promoting people who ignore ethics when expedient for them tells everyone that the company wants results and it does not really care how they are obtained.

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The Joy of Facts

Next Level Blog

While that may work okay in one's philosophy class (not really), it completely falls apart as a basis for shared community life (government, ethics, etc). Furthermore, the veracity of the "fact" is proportional to the passion with which it is held.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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“A Friend of a Friend” Is No Longer the Best Way to Find a Job

Harvard Business Review

If you go to job-searching workshops — and I went to more than 50 in the course of studying the contemporary hiring landscape in 2013 and 2014 — you will be told weak ties are the key. After all, we’re connected to many people, in countless ways. So who can actually help?