Morality in the Workplace
I have worked in various fields and various establishments over my few years in the employment realm, and while it’s not much experience to speak of, it has revealed to me a good chunk of relevant wisdom about work ethics and morality in the workplace.
I cannot say that I have gained the wisdom of man, but I certainly have picked up a thing or two about how the attitudes of employers and employees alike differ from place to place. Some employers believe whole-heartedly that they are the supreme rulers of all that they survey, while others portray a far more humble and unassuming disposition. I am profusely pleased to find that in some cases, an employer can be cool headed enough to generally overlook the humanity in a collection of employees.
Every human being has good phases and bad phases in their life and career, and to judge a person the same way one would an inanimate thing like a car or toothbrush, to discard it or abuse it at the first sign of fault, can do more damage to a persons self esteem than is worth. The exact same applies to the inverse, where an employee or group thereof can have a huge effect on their manager, sometimes completely forgetting that they to, although having to show impartialness, are human as well and have feelings and their sense of identity need remain incorrupt. No one walks away with a grin and a skip in their step after having been told how useless and incompetent their conduct is, and no one hums a chirpy tune when they have the sense that they are generally disliked or even hated. There are of course the few whom thrive in the knowledge that they are to be feared; it may provide some sort of thrill or sense of power. And I have most certainly rushed from the feeling that rebellion brings, the success of taking the control away from the heartless despot.
Altogether, the problems that these little instant gratifications bring far out weigh the humiliation of admitting we were wrong from the start. It is surprisingly easy to let go of ones obstinacy and pride, far easier than creating bad relations and internally harbored grudges. But I fear it will probably be a long time before these little quirks in people disappear from the schedule of society. People seem to get inner satisfactory entertainment from causing distress in others. Mankind seems to have a huge burden that needs recompense in ten fold. Until then, employees will continue to utilize unions and protective bodies so not to fall victim to the grubby greed of the odd fallen angel. While to the reverse, employers will have to duck and dodge the heavy protection of human rights that make it so difficult to control bad apples and natural human lethargy and laziness.
Being open minded in the work place is essential these days, as one might take the viewpoint: there are no bad people just bad attitudes. Mutual compassion can do a lot more good than competitive rivalry and jealousy in most cases, as teamwork can achieve so much more than going solo. Go hug a college that you might have been at arms against, since the hug is mightier than the sword.