Talk:Work ethic
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I think we need someone with a strong work ethic to make a lot of clarifications/contextualizations for this page!
I don't know what work ethic has to do with maintaining social skills. In my opinion, work ethic is the undeterred motivation that exists internally that drives an individual to complete his/her work expeditiously, thoroughly, and to the highest standards.
[edit] It's fine the way it is!
Please don't put too much weight on what these two disgruntled individuals posted above. They are obviously either workaholics or slave-drivers themselves! Shanoman 21:15, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Crystal meth part needs clairification
The article reads, "In fact, an excess "work ethic" is often fueled (according again to sociology) by addictions such as the widespread addiction to crystal meth in American rural communities, which has been shown to result from excessive work schedules." However, there's no in-article evidence to back this up and the single cited source for this article has neither the words "crystal", "meth", or "methamphetamine" in its pages. I'd delete the claim except a little checking I did on my own seems to indicate a connection... I'll just put a "needs citations" flag on it for now along with any other relevant flags. 192.211.25.9 07:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Balance
The balance of this article could be improved by expanding the text concerning the positive aspects of the work ethic. Dogtooth 14:57, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
positive aspects of the work ethic? let me guess, you think hard work leads to success too?
I agree with Dogtooth. Regardless of one's point of view on the subject, there are actual benifits. Many Americans are often jaded and cynical when it comes to work ethic, but look at East Asian countries like Japan, who, by and large, have very strong work ethics, making a country with very limited natural resources one of the larges economies in the world. But thats just my $0.02.Davepetr 05:26, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
- That the work ethic leads to success is POV.--Darrelljon 15:26, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Of course most of the current artical is also POV. Like most wiki's you're arguing over which POV you want to support. Which is then declared NPOV.
Well, I came here to learn about work ethic, but because of the poor quality of this article I didn't really learn much. From the perspective of a consumer of Wikipedia this page needs improvement. --Keithg 10:24, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
