1. Concept #8

2.  How do you think your employer will expect you to behave?

3. Topic #8.1

4.  Identify the skills and personal qualities employers look for in employees.  Describe ways to demonstrate desirable personal qualities on the job.

5.  Cooperativeness:  A willingness to work well with others to reach a common goal.  Willingness to Follow Directions  Willingness to Learn  Initiative:  Doing what needs to be done without being told.  Willingness to Take Responsibility:  Responsibility:  The willingness to accept an obligation and to be accountable for an action or situation.

6.  Self-Management:  Doing the things necessary to built the career you want.  Self-Management Tips:  Set career goals and develop a plan for reaching them.  Monitor your work habits and performance.  Ask your supervisors for feedback.

7. Topic #8.2:

8.  Explain the importance of ethics in the workplace.  Identify ethical principles and ways to apply them in a work setting.  Describe strategies for handling unethical practices.

9.  Ethics:  The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.  Having a code of ethics and a personal sense of what is right and wrong will help you choose the right course of action at work.

10.  Dishonesty is the root of most ethics problems in the workplace.  Be honest about work hours and money.  Respect employer’s property.  As an honest worker, you will have a better chance of being successful in a career.

11.  Confidentiality:  Not talking about company business with other people.  Treat People with Fair:  Prejudice:  A negative attitude toward a person or group.

12.  Keep a written record.  Check your observations with others you trust.  Get advice from people you trust.  Check your motives.  Collect any evidence you can.  Decide whether you want to remain anonymous or to speak up openly.  Report only facts and obeservations.

13.  How will my employer expect me to behave?

14.  Kimbrell, G. (2012). “Succeeding in the world of work.” McGraw-Hill; NewYork.