Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet

Harapang Pabalat
Basic Books, Ago 1, 2008 - 304 mga pahina
What does it mean to carry out "good work"? What strategies allow people to maintain moral and ethical standards at a time when market forces have unprecedented power and work life is being radically altered by technological innovation? These questions lie at the heart of this eagerly awaited new book. Focusing on genetics and journalism-two fields that generate and manipulate information and thus affect our lives in myriad ways-the authors show how in their quest to build meaningful careers successful professionals exhibit "humane creativity," high-level performance coupled with social responsibility. Over the last five years the authors have interviewed over 100 people in each field who are engaged in cutting-edge work, probing their goals and visions, their obstacles and fears, and how they pass on their most cherished practices and values. They found sharp contrasts between the two fields. Until now, geneticists' values have not been seriously challenged by the demands of their work world, while journalists are deeply disillusioned by the conflict between commerce and ethics. The dilemmas these professionals face and the strategies they choose in their search for a moral compass offer valuable guidance on how all persons can transform their professions and their lives. Enlivened with stories of real people facing hard decisions, Good Work offers powerful insight into one of the most important issues of our time and, indeed, into the future course of science, technology, and communication.
 

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Good Work in Difficult Times
3
The Conditions of Good Work
15
Early Attempts to Shape Bodies and Minds
37
PART TWOGENETICS
53
Genetics in the Limelight
55
A Golden Age in a WellAligned Domain
73
Storm Clouds in Genetics
91
PART THREE JOURNALISM
123
Sources of Strength in Journalism
153
Good Work in Journalism Today
179
Restoring Good Work in Journalism and Genetics
209
Good Work in the Wider World
223
Afterword
251
Information About the Good Work Project
257
Journalism Interview Protocol
263
Notes
273

Power Gained and Debased in the News Media
125

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Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero. The author of more than twenty books and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and twenty-one honorary degrees, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is professor of psychology and education at the University of Chicago. He is the author of a number of books, including the bestselling Flow, The Evolving Self, Creativity, and Being Adolescent.

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