Key insights from
Good Work
By Howard Gardner, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon
What you'll learn
Is it possible to maintain a professional career while adhering to one’s own moral and ethical standards? Are we able to accomplish “good work” without it being clouded by market pressures? Gardner, Csikszentmihalyi, and Damon are a group of psychologists who set out to answer these questions and many more by interviewing over a hundred leading geneticists and journalists striving to achieve their career and personal goals while staying true to their values and ethics. Good Work illustrates the results of a parallel study into the fields of genetics and journalism. While these two fields are seemingly unrelated, both practicing journalists and geneticists face ethical dilemmas in their professions. But how they behave and react to moral challenges determine if they can accomplish “good work.”
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 A profession is not simply a career—it is a culmination of four important elements.
- 2 Good work hinges on the alignment of professional and personal values.
- 3 The roots of genetics extend far beyond what the field is recognized for today.
- 4 Geneticists strive for honesty and integrity while they work toward their goals.
- 5 Journalists not only have a strong influence on society, but they also help shape our minds.
- 6 The outlook for many journalists is grim, but not all hope is lost.
- 7 Both journalists and geneticists want to continue their good work by contributing to society.
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