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Making Good: How Young People Cope with Moral Dilemmas at Work Paperback – Illustrated, October 28, 2005

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You're young, ambitious, entering the field of your dreams; you're on your own, the competition is fierce--and then you see your chance: the big story, the big role, the big discovery. But you'll have to cut a few corners, bend the rules, cheat a bit. What choices will you make?

After studying more than a hundred young people launching their careers, these longtime researchers of "good work"--work that is both skillful and honorable--find unsettling answers. Although young workers know what it takes to do good work, they don't always feel they can follow the ethical route. "Later, when I'm successful," is their implicit promise.

Making Good explores the choices confronting young workers who join the ranks of three dynamic professions--journalism, science, and acting--and looks at how the novices navigate moral dilemmas posed by a demanding, frequently lonely, professional life. The authors also uncover striking comparisons between these young professionals and the veterans in their fields--most notably, older workers recall inspiring models and mentors, while today's beginners see themselves as on their own. With extensive insights into how young workers view their respective domains, the nature of their ambitions, the sacrifices they are willing to make, and the lines they are prepared to cross, this study will prove instructive to young employees and employers alike, as well as to those who wish to understand the shifting moral and social character of the working world.

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“Howard Gardner and the "Good Works" team that crafted this work have given us hope for the future. In this time of disorientation caused by the creative destruction that is reshaping so many institutions this is the book our new generation of professionals desperately need.”―Bill Kovach, Committee of Concerned Journalists, Columbia University

“As a member of one of the professions explored in Making Good, I found this work accurate--and alarming. Howard Gardner and his colleagues are best known for their writings about the many varieties of intelligence, but their recent provocative explorations of the meanings of work may prove equally important. I recommend this book to anyone concerned about how institutions can attract and support honorable future leaders.”―James Fallows, author of "Breaking the News"

“In Making Good, Howard Gardner, professor of cognition and education at Harvard, and researchers Wendy Fischman, Becca Solomon, and Deborah Greenspan capture the complex and often abstract values that shape people's professional goals and guide their decisions.”―Laura Secor, Boston Globe

“Gardner and a trio of young researchers explore how young people in [journalism, genetic research, and theater] learn to become--or not to become--good workers. The result is a learned, thought-provoking, and accessible investigation of some of the most pressing issues of our time.”―David B. Wilkins, Harvard Magazine

About the Author

Wendy Fischman is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Becca Solomon, M.A. is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Deborah Greenspan is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Howard Gardner is Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press (October 28, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674018303
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674018303
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.62 x 7.87 inches

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The book gives the occasional interesting bit of information, but for the most part all it does is reinforce the obvious; that young people sometimes have difficulty transitioning from academia to the work force.

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