Good work : when excellence and ethics meet /

Good Work is a profoundly original inquiry into the quest for meaning in a professional career. Like two classics before it, this book makes a pathbreaking contribution to social thought. It will be one of those generative books that stirs thought for many years to come.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Gardner, Howard, 1943- (Author), Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (Author), Damon, William, 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, ©2001.
Subjects:	Job satisfaction. Quality of work life. Work ethic. Professional ethics. Quality of life. Employment (Economic theory) Job Satisfaction Quality of Life Employment Ethics, Professional Satisfaction au travail. Qualité de la vie au travail. Éthique du travail. Déontologie professionnelle. Qualité de la vie. Emploi. professional ethics. quality of life. employing. 85.50 labour science, labour issues: general. Quality of life Job satisfaction Professional ethics Quality of work life Work ethic Arbeidsethos. Arbeidsomstandigheden. Arbeidstevredenheid. Nonfiction.
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Table of Contents:

Part one : background
Good work in difficult times
The conditions of good work
Early attempts to shape bodies and minds
Part two : genetics
Genetics in the limelight
A golden age in a well-aligned domain
Storm clouds in genetics
Part three : journalism
Power gained and debased in the news media
Sources of strength in journalism
Good works in journalism today
Part four : good work in the future
Restoring good work in journalism and genetics
Good work in the wider world.