A major benefit of writing this column is the way it sharpens my teaching life. Blessed to remain active in the online classroom, I welcome the challenge to unpack “business ethics” and other fundamentals with a fresh crop of explorers — a while longer.

This month, let us consider values, personal and institutional.

Whether as spouse, parent, neighbor, or citizen, values inform our choices. Influences such as gender, age, ethnicity, education, and experience play a role. However, one factor looms large: locus of control — how people perceive their ability to manage their lives.

Consider how this plays out in the workplace. An internal locus of control, the sense of self-agency, fosters resilience. An external locus concedes to outside forces greater sway over the future. Business leader

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