The traditional academic ethos and values (research ethics, quality ambition, questioning of established paradigms, dynamic teamwork, and continuous method innovation) are seen as the success factors in UXC, especially under the demands of the emerging Knowledge Society.
Should ethics temper ambition?
Told in a cacophony of voices, the book becomes an investigation of ethics and ambition, both personal and collective, with an eye toward the various ways in which public spectacle intersects with private lives.
David Brooks, in his latest celebration of traditional American values, describes a return to an acceptance of authority and an ethic of ambition and hard work.
Some requirements, such as job-related knowledge, are certifiable by diplomas, degrees, certificates, or licenses, while others, such as loyalty, work ethic, career ambition, enthusiasm, and personality, cannot be easily certified.
"I look for people who have the intangibles that can't be taught - passion, work ethic, tenacity, ambition, honesty, and a thirst to learn," he said.
I make the argument partly through the story of a teenage girl named Phung who won my heart with her amazing work ethic and vaulting ambition.
The two men begin as friends, then, when an act goes lethally wrong, they become rivals and increasingly deadly enemies.The movie beautifully creates the world of stage illusion and the workshops in which the tricks are created, as well as looking at the ethos, the ethics and the ambitions of the performers.
Kevin Kelley describes it as an "opportunity to elevate and sharpen our own ethics and morality and ambition".
I applaud Dr. Howard Gardner for his op-ed in the Washington Post -- "When Ambition Trumps Ethics" -- relating to the current alleged and evolving cheating scandal at Harvard University.
