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Age Diversity and Generational Ethics

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Age cohort; Age group; Baby boomers; Ethics; Gen X; Gen Y; Generations; Greatest generation; Millenials; Morals; Peer group; Social norms; Values; Work ethic; Work motivation; Workplace values

Introduction

A comprehensive assembly of assumptions regarding generational values and their translation into behavior offers insight and directions for further study. Flaws in the existing models of generational values and the need to examine perhaps outmoded presumptions about the length of age cohort as asserted by Strauss and Howe and widely accepted as standard time period from one to another. An argument for expansion of the Rokeach Value Survey is presented, and speculation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on value development among today’s children is introduced. Compiled from disperse sources, this study provides a rich foundation for future research.

Age Diversity

Debate over the viability of defining generational cohorts as discrete groups is nearly as common as...

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    Carole L. Jurkiewicz

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Jurkiewicz, C.L. (2023). Age Diversity and Generational Ethics. In: Poff, D.C., Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22767-8_1190

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