Word: ethically
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...pattern of abuse is a distinctive variation on the nerd bashing that almost all bright, ambitious students -- no matter what their color -- face at some point in their young lives. The anti-achievement ethic championed by some black youngsters declares formal education useless; those who disagree and study hard face isolation, scorn and violence. While educators have recognized the existence of an anti-achievement culture for at least a decade, it has only recently emerged as a dominant theme among the troubles facing urban schools...
Through it all, he stayed clear of drugs and alcohol. But he refused to enter the local Market Street Mission program because of its "religious element," and he shunned the alternative of a shelter. Having rejected the middle-class ethic, Kreimer was equally unwilling to adopt the deferential mien expected of a street person...
...prime minister gained international attention earlier this month when he criticized Americans, saying that they "lack a work ethic" and that they were losing the drive "to live by the sweat of their brow...
Though the editorial stance of the magazine stems from a Jewish ethic of individual and communitarian concerns, it strives to alleviate the problems of the world, and not just those in the American Jewish community. This anthology, like the magazine, devotes as much space to feminism, politics, culture and philosophy as it does to the topics of Israel, Judaism and being Jewish in contemporary society...
Kiichi Miyazawa was playing to the hometown crowd when he told the Japanese parliament last week that American workers are lazy, greedy and lack a work ethic. Insulting as the Prime Minister's comments were, they were not the worst thing that Japanese politicians have said about Americans in the past few weeks. No wonder Americans are wounded. It isn't just that the Japanese view of U.S. workers is degrading, it's that it is wrong -- and woefully out of date...