Work Ethics Assignment 8/27/15

     In the Work Ethics PowerPoint and assignment, I briefly learned and reviewed the importance of proper work ethic and work skills. In the presentation, it was said that work ethic was defined as the cultural normality that promotes and motivates responsibility and accountability at work because it is believed that work has a certain, natural value. Work ethic is essential to all types of jobs, sports, and activities that one is involved in. It truly proves what a person of capable of doing and accomplishing.

     Any type of work ethic was able to be categorized into one of three categories: Interpersonal skills, Initiative, and Dependability. Interpersonal skills can defined as the common communication and interaction skills we, as people, use every day.  These skills are necessary for team projects and jobs, and they can really demonstrate how an employee may act around coworkers and customers. Initiative is then defined as the ability of work or take lead independently. This is needed in modern workplaces because there is often not a direct manager or boss to tell you what to do. Dependability is the last of the ethics, but it is certainly the most important. It includes honesty, reliability, and punctuality. It is a very necessary trait for the workplace and in every day-life. After taking the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory, which is a type of test to rate your work ethics, I saw that I scored almost as highly as the average male adult scores provided. The scores at the end of the test were an average of 1133 working adults, and they had scores 5.75 for Interpersonal Skills, 5.52 for Initiative, and 6.07 for Dependability. I received scores of 5.32, 4.95, and 5.66, which came as a surprise. On one hand, I was surprised to see that I even scored that highly, but on the other hand, I viewed those scores as a stepping stone for me to continue to improve my work ethic skills.