Jaclyn Johnston

When I began teaching university-level business ethics classes, I did what most new teachers do: I borrowed ideas from more experienced professors. I asked friends for copies of the syllabuses they used to teach similar topics on practical ethics. These shared many common traits: Have students read some philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Kant, John Stuart Mill) and then use those points of view as a foundation for understanding particular moral quandaries among businesses.

I’m a baseball fan, and one of the things I am returning to over the next few years is visiting new-to-me Major League Baseball (MLB) ballparks and revisiting older stadiums. Part of the reason for the latter is the need to get new photos with the player, executive, or broadcaster statues both inside and outside the stadium. But it’s not so easy, especially with inflation leading to higher ticket prices while income has generally stayed the same.

I was born in 1998, technically making me a member of Gen Z (generally considered those born between 1997 and the early 2010s—so I just about make the cut). As a consequence, I’ve always felt sort of half millennial, half Gen Z, relating heavily to some of the stereotypical experiences of both. Why is this relevant? I hear you ask. Well, every other day I read an article about how Gen Z is causing chaos in the workplace.