Lesson 5 assignment Choose 5 questions to write about out of the following. No less than a one-page response. What are some of the differences between a job that provides meaningful work, and one that...

Choose 5 questionsto write about out of the following. No less than a one-page response.

1. What are some of the differences between a job that provides meaningful work, and one that provides prestige?


2. Can leisure time—maximizing it—be pursued on its own as a value in the job search, or does it need to be combined with other values? If it needs to be combined, which values might work best?


3. If money is selected as the prime value a job seeker decides to pursue, what other values may become easier to reach because of the money, and which values may be pushed further away?


4. What’s the difference between power and prestige? Can you think of a job that grants power but little prestige and one that grants prestige but little power?


5. For you, what are the components of comfort—do they include flexible hours, working in an office instead of outside, something else? Can you rank the components as more and less important?


6. What responsibilities to others may a job seeker consider when looking for a job?


7. What is career sequencing? What are some reasons a person may choose to sequence, and what are some reasons a person may choose not to be a sequencer?


8. What are four reasons an organization’s actions may be viewed as ethically troubling?


9. Ethically, how could you justify ignoring the fact that there's a conflict between your convictions and the actions of the company you work for?


10. Why might a potential employee of an ethically troubling organization ask how seriously wrong the organization’s actions are?


11. If someone were working for an organization involved in ethically troubling activities, what questions may they ask themselves as they consider whether they should continue working there?