• The practice of human resource development plays out at the intersection of an array of stakeholders whose interests and goals sometimes overlap but often diverge. Practical questions about what actions to take are at the core of daily work in our field and call for the ability to discern values to be enacted and valuable ends to be pursued. The field of ethics addresses such normative questions about rights and wrongs and responsibilities and duties at individual, group, organizational, and soc…Read more
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    In this review essay, K. Peter Kuchinke uses three recent publications to consider the question of how to educate young people for work and career. Historically, this question has been central to vocational education, and it is receiving renewed attention in the context of concerns over the ability of schools to provide adequate preparation for occupational roles and career success in a rapidly changing economic landscape. Philip Gonon's Quest for Modern Vocational Education provides a historica…Read more
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    In this review essay, K. Peter Kuchinke uses three recent publications to consider the question of how to educate young people for work and career. Historically, this question has been central to vocational education, and it is receiving renewed attention in the context of concerns over the ability of schools to provide adequate preparation for occupational roles and career success in a rapidly changing economic landscape. Philip Gonon's Quest for Modern Vocational Education provides a historica…Read more