Chapter 7: Globalization and

Millennials
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Generation Chart:
Silent Generation: Born 1928-1945
(73-90 years old)
Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964
(54-72 years old)
Generation X: Born 1965-1980
(38-53 years old)
Generation Y or Millennials: Born 1981-1996
(22-37 years old)
Generation Z or Post-Millennials: Born1997-Present
(0-21 years old)
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennial Characteristics
As expected by their birth years, the Millennial
generation makes up the fastest growing segment of
the workforce. As companies compete for available
talent, employers simply cannot ignore the needs,
desires, and attitudes of this vast generation.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennial Characteristics
As with each generation that preceded it, Millennials
have come to be defined by a set of characteristics
formed mainly by the world and culture they grew
up in.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennials are Tech-Savvy
Generation Y grew up with technology, and
they rely on it to perform their jobs better.
Armed with smartphones, laptops, and other
gadgets, this generation is plugged in 24/7.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennials are Tech-Savvy
They like to communicate through email, text
messaging, and whatever new social media
platform (i.e., Twitter, Instagram) friends and
colleagues are using. This is a generation that
can't even imagine a world without the
internet or cell phones.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennials are Family-Centric
The fast-track lifestyle has lost much of its appeal
for millennials. The members of this generation
are willing to trade high pay for fewer billable
hours, flexible schedules, and a better work/life
balance. Although older generations may view this
attitude as narcissistic or see it as a lack of
commitment, discipline, and drive.
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millennials
Millennials are Family-Centric
Millennials have a different idea of workplace
expectations. Millennials usually prioritize
family over work, and even those who aren't
married with children feel the need to be a
part of a family and spend time with nieces,
nephews, and siblings.
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millennials
Millennials are Achievement-Oriented
Nurtured and pampered by parents who didn't want to
make the mistakes of the previous generation,
millennials are confident, ambitious, and achievement-
oriented. They also have high expectations of their
employers, tend to seek new challenges at work, and
aren't afraid to question authority. Generation Y wants
meaningful work and a solid learning curve.
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millennials
Millennials are Team-Oriented
While growing up, most Millennial boys and girls
participated in team sports, playgroups, and other
group activities, whether it was soccer or ballet.
They value teamwork and seek the input and
affirmation of others. Millennials are the true no-
person-left-behind generation, loyal and
committed. They want to be included and involved.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennials craves Attention
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Generation Y craves feedback and guidance.
They appreciate being kept in the loop and
often need frequent praise and reassurance.
Millennials may benefit greatly from mentors
who can help guide and develop their
talents.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
Millennials craves Attention
This is where the boomers come in handy
because (though mostly retired), they have
something to offer and see mentoring
millennials is one way they can continue to
contribute to the workforce.
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millennials
Millennials are Prone to Job-Hopping
A potential downside of Generation Y workers are
that they're always looking for something new and
better. It's not uncommon for a millennial to stay
with a firm for only two or three years before
moving on to a position they think is better. The
resumes you receive from millennial job seekers will
undoubtedly demonstrate this peppered job history.
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The Bottom Line About Millennials
Generation Y possesses many characteristics
that are unique in comparison to past
generations. They tend to be excited about
their jobs, and they will work hard and
efficiently.
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A. The positive and negative characteristics of
millennials
The Bottom Line About Millennials
They might approach their superiors as equals
more so than previous generations, but companies
can take steps to draw a line between supervisor
and friend. When that line is
drawn, millennials will not only work tirelessly for
you, but they will show you the respect due to a
supervisor with many years experience.
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B. Fillennials (Filipino Milennials)
• When we ask what is millennial in the Philippines it
is called Fillennials or Filipino Millennial
generation.
• Millennials in the Philippines is specified as the
careers, the lifestyle, and the relationship of the
Filipino people.
• It also means the culture and the society of the
Philippines. Millennial today has a different
outlook in their life, career, goals, and advocacies.
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B. Fillennials (Filipino Milennials)
• Young Filipino in this generation wants more
challenging in their chosen career or field.
• They are more confident, self-centered,
ambitious, and most of all passionate.
• The young Filipino who called millennials has
determination in what they really want in
their life.
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B. Fillennials (Filipino Milennials)
• In terms of relationship, Filipino who called
millennials are open-minded, ready to face
consequences, and they have humility and
strength to fight for what they know is their right.
• When it comes to modern technology, the
Millenials of today’s generation are expert when
in digital technology, communication technology,
social media, and networking.
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B. Fillennials (Filipino Milennials)
• They are best in their skills as an individual
when it comes on the field they working.
• They all know the advanced technology that
comes in and how to deal with it.
• Fillennials in this modern days are exposed to
the latest brand, latest news, latest changes of
environment, and the latest happening in the
Philippines.
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C. Generation Gap
- generation gap or generational gap is a
difference of opinions between one
generation and another regarding beliefs,
politics, or values.
- In today's usage, generation gap often refers
to a perceived gap between younger people
and their parents or grandparents.
Chapter 8: Ethics and Religion
 Ethics and Religion
A. Religion and Ethics
Religion
- It is a social-cultural system of designated
behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews,
texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or
organizations, that relates humanity to
supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual
elements.
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A. Religion and Ethics
Ethics
- Refers to moral principles that govern a
person's behavior or the conducting of an
activity.
- It is also known as moral philosophy, in which
is a branch of philosophy that involves
systematizing, defending, and recommending
concepts of right and wrong conduct.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion
• A longstanding debate has been whether
ethics plays a role in religion.
• Most religions have an ethical component.
• Ethics, which is a major branch of philosophy,
encompasses right conduct and good life.
• It is significantly broader than the common
conception of analyzing right and wrong.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion
• Ethics deals with ideas such as Right, Good and
Duty and these concepts were discussed in
ancient Greece by Plato and Aristotle in the 3rd
& 4th Century BCE.
• A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the
life worth living or life that is simply satisfying,
which is held by many philosophers to be more
important than traditional moral codes.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion
• The Greek philosophers called
it eudaimonia or happiness.
• The ancient Greeks believed happiness was
brought about by living one’s life in
accordance with virtue – positive traits of
character.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion
• Virtue in the highest sense, in an adult who
has been brought up well, will not just involve
good personal habits such as courage and
temperance, but also friendship and justice
and intellectual virtue.
• The essence of virtue is in the wholeness of
the person brought about by integrity.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion
• The influential philosopher, Immanuel Kant
defended the idea of God as a “basic requirement
of ethics.”
• We ought to be virtuous and do our duty. Kant
believed virtue should be rewarded by happiness.
• Since it's clear that virtue often does go
unrewarded in the present life, Kant argued that
the soul must be immortal.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion
• Virtue must receive its due recompense in a future
life, and there must be a God guaranteeing that it is
so rewarded.
• The link between religion and morality is best
illustrated by the Golden Rule.
• Virtually all of the world’s great religions contain in
their religious texts some version of the Golden
Rule: “Do unto others as you would wish them do
unto you”.
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B. The Inseparableness of Ethics and Religion

In other words, we should treat others the

way we would want to be treated. This is the
basic ethic that guides all religions. If we do
so, happiness will ensue.
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Religion and its Expression of the Golden Rule:
1. Christianity
- “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, Do ye so to them; for this is the law and the
prophets (Matthew 7:1).”
2. Confucianism
- “Do not do to others what you would not like
yourself. Then there will be no resentment against
you, either in the family or in the state
( The Analects).”
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Religion and its Expression of the Golden Rule:
3. Buddhism
- “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would
find hurtful (Udana-Varga 5,1).”
4. Hinduism
- “This is the sum of duty, do naught onto others
what you would not have not have them do
unto you (Mahabharata 5, 1517).”
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Religion and its Expression of the Golden Rule:
5. Islam
- “No one of you is a believer until he desires for
his brother that which he desires for himself
(Sunnah). ”
6. Judaism
- “What is hateful to you, do not do to your
fellowman (Talmud, Shabbat 3id).”
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Religion and its Expression of the Golden Rule:
7. Taoism
- “Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and
your neighbor’s loss as your own loss (Tai Shang
Kan Yin P’ien).”
8. Zoroastrianism
- “That nature alone is good which refrains from
doing another whatsoever is not good for itself
(Dadisten-I-dinik, 94, 5).”
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C. Religion and Ethics in decision making
• In the context of decision making:
• Ethics are universal decision-making tools that may
be used by a person of any religious persuasion,
including atheists.
• While religion makes claims about cosmology,
social behavior, and the “proper” treatment of
others, etc.
• Ethics are based on logic and reason rather than
tradition or injunction.
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Four Ethical “isms”
When a person says "murder is bad" what are
they doing?
• That's the sort of question that only a
philosopher would ask, but it's actually a very
useful way of getting a clear idea of what's
going on when people talk about moral issues.
• The different 'isms' regard the person uttering
the statement as doing different things.
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Four Ethical “isms”
• I might be making a statement about an ethical fact
– "It is wrong to murder"
– This is moral realism
• I might be making a statement about my own feelings
– "I disapprove of murder"
– This is subjectivism
• I might be expressing my feelings
– "Down with murder"
– This is emotivism
• I might be giving an instruction or a prohibition
– "Don't murder people"
– This is prescriptivism
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Four Ethical “isms”
Moral realism
- It is based on the idea that there are
real objective moral facts or truths in the
universe. Moral statements provide factual
information about those truths.
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Four Ethical “isms”
Subjectivism
- It teaches that moral judgments are
nothing more than statements of a person's
feelings or attitudes, and that ethical
statements do not contain factual truths about
goodness or badness.
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Four Ethical “isms”
Emotivism
- It is the view that moral claims are no
more than expressions of approval or
disapproval.
Prescriptivism
- Prescriptivists think that ethical statements
are instructions or recommendations.
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A. What is ethical behavior?
- Acting in ways consistent with what society and
individuals typically think are good values.
B. Ethical Behavior at work
- At work, ethical behavior is the legal and moral
code guiding employee behavior. Being a
professional requires more than wearing a nice suit.
It requires ethical behavior that drives interactions
with other employees, customers and leadership.
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B. Ethical Behavior at work
- It also guides how someone performs her job.
Ethical behavior guides whether someone will
perform minor infractions if she feels no one is
watching. Business leaders need to set clear
guidelines for ethical behavior in the
workplace and to consistently train employees
on working according to those expectations.
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C. 12 Ethical Principles and Guidelines at Work
1. HONESTY.
Ethical individuals are honest and truthful in
all their dealings and they do not deliberately
mislead or deceive others by
misrepresentations, overstatements, partial
truths, selective omissions, or any other
means.
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2. INTEGRITY
Ethical inviduals demonstrate personal integrity
and the courage of their convictions by doing
what they think is right even when there is great
pressure to do otherwise; they are principled,
honorable and upright; they will fight for their
beliefs. They will not sacrifice principle for
expediency, be hypocritical, or unscrupulous.
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3. PROMISE-KEEPING & TRUSTWORTHINESS.
Ethical individuals are worthy of trust. They
are candid and forthcoming in supplying
relevant information and correcting
misapprehensions of fact, and they make
every reasonable effort to fulfill the letter and
spirit of their promises and commitments.
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3. PROMISE-KEEPING & TRUSTWORTHINESS.
They do not interpret agreements in an
unreasonably technical or legalistic manner in
order to rationalize non-compliance or create
justifications for escaping their commitments.
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4. LOYALTY.
Ethical individuals are worthy of trust,
demonstrate fidelity and loyalty to persons
and institutions by friendship in adversity,
support and devotion to duty; they do not use
or disclose information learned in confidence
for personal advantage.
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4. LOYALTY.
They safeguard the ability to make independent
professional judgments by scrupulously avoiding undue
influences and conflicts of interest. They are loyal to
their companies and colleagues and if they decide to
accept other employment, they provide reasonable
notice, respect the proprietary information of their
former employer, and refuse to engage in any activities
that take undue advantage of their previous positions.
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5. FAIRNESS.
Ethical individuals and fair and just in all
dealings; they do not exercise power
arbitrarily, and do not use overreaching nor
indecent means to gain or maintain any
advantage nor take undue advantage of
another’s mistakes or difficulties.
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5. FAIRNESS.
Fair persons manifest a commitment to
justice, the equal treatment of individuals,
tolerance for and acceptance of diversity, the
they are open-minded; they are willing to
admit they are wrong and, where appropriate,
change their positions and beliefs.
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6. CONCERN FOR OTHERS.
Ethical individuals are caring, compassionate,
benevolent and kind; they like the Golden
Rule, help those in need, and seek to
accomplish their business objectives in a
manner that causes the least harm and the
greatest positive good.
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7. RESPECT FOR OTHERS.
Ethical individuals demonstrate respect for the
human dignity, autonomy, privacy, rights, and
interests of all those who have a stake in their
decisions; they are courteous and treat all
people with equal respect and dignity
regardless of sex, race or national origin.
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8. LAW ABIDING.
Ethical individuals abide by laws, rules and
regulations relating to their business activities.
9. COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
Ethical individuals pursue excellence in
performing their duties, are well informed and
prepared, and constantly endeavor to increase
their proficiency in all areas of responsibility.
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10. LEADERSHIP.
Ethical individuals are conscious of the
responsibilities and opportunities of their
position of leadership and seek to be positive
ethical role models by their own conduct and
by helping to create an environment in which
principled reasoning and ethical decision
making are highly prized.
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11. REPUTATION AND MORALE.
Ethical individuals seek to protect and build
the company’s good reputation and the
morale of its employees by engaging in no
conduct that might undermine respect and by
taking whatever actions are necessary to
correct or prevent inappropriate conduct of
others.
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12. ACCOUNTABILITY.
Ethical individuals acknowledge and accept
personal accountability for the ethical quality
of their decisions and omissions to
themselves, their colleagues, their companies,
and their communities.