CRT LEARNING MODULE

Course Code GE 106

Course Title Ethics

Units 3

Module Title Moral Theories

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 MODULE 4.3
MILLENNIALS OF TODAY

Millennials, also known as Generation Y or the Net Generation, are the demographic
cohort directly following Generation X. there are no exact dates for when this cohort starts
and ends, although demographers and researchers normally use the late 1970s to early
1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years.
Millennials are generally the children of baby boomers and older Gen Xers. Filinnials
is a term used to denote the Filipino Millennials.
Filinnials’ generation is commonly characterized by an increased use and familiarity
with communications, media and digital technologies. Their trust in Google or Wikipedia,
which provide them plenty of various worldviews, is extraordinary. Even in the Philippines,
millennials’ upbringing is said to be marked by an increase in a liberal approach to politics,
economics and morality, although the claim is disputed.

SEVEN BASIC TRAITS ASCRIBED TO MILLENNIALS

1. Special
2. Sheltered
3. Confident
4. Term-oriented
5. Conventional
6. Pressured
7. Achieving

ETHICAL OUTLOOK AND CULTURAL IDENTITY

In the United Kingdom, a 2013 poll found out that Millennials were more open-
minded that their parents on controversial topics. In 2013, a Pew Research Poll found that
84% of generation Y members favored legalizing the use of marijuana. In 2014, the same
research center issued a report revealing that Millennials in adulthood are detached from
institutions and networked with friends.
Millennials are also labeled as the ‘Boomerang Generation’ or ‘Peter Pan Generation’
because of their perceived tendency for delaying some rites of passage into adulthood for
longer periods than most generations before them and for living with their parents for longer
periods than previous generations.
Generation Y members are very upbeat and more open to change than older
generations. Based on a survey by the Pew Research Center in 2008, Millennials are “the
most likely of any generation to self-identity as liberals and are also more supportive of
progressive domestic social agenda than older generations.”

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WORK ETHICS
It is said that whereas Boomers are hardworking, idealistic and committed to
harmony and Gen Xers are entrepreneurial, flexible and self-reliant and comfortable with
technology, on the other hand, Millennials are tech-savvy, appreciative of diversity and
skilled in multitasking.
Concerning negative traits and workplace attributes, Boomers are said to be self-
centered with sense of entitlement, workaholics, self-motivated, don’t appreciate feedback
while Millennials lack basic literacy fundamentals, very short attention spans, not loyal to
organization, demand immediate feedback and recognition, integrate technology into the
workplace, and expect to have many employers and multiple careers. And work dress is
whatever feels comfortable.
Interestingly though, a study shows that millennial workers were more likely to
report unethical behavior in workplaces. The types of misconduct observed include personal
business on company time, lying to employees, abusive behavior, company resource abuse,
discrimination, stealing or theft, falsifying expense reports, goods/services fail to meet
specifications, falsifying time sheets or hours worked, and offering improper
payments/bribes to public officials.

INDIVIDUALISM
Millennials are habitually painted as the entitled, selfie-snapping generation. They are
said to be a class of self-centered and self-absorbed 20-somethings. Some however, defend
them by explaining that millennials just have more time to be themselves.
Millennials’ individualism is qualified as the self-focused time in life. It does not
necessarily mean that they are selfish; it rather means that they have fewer social rules and
obligations, and more freedom to be self-directed. They typically have highly individualistic
traits, such as being independent and relying on oneself. They take more time to find
themselves in their 20s and want to have that time to themselves before settling down.
Millennials’ individualism nonetheless also reflects in their moral outlook. One study
reveals that their generation views morality as personal and subjective, based on feeling and
nontransferable to others. In other words, for them, morality is a personal matter.
In describing Millennials’ ethics, it is however to note that new technologies generate
new moral problems and the Millennials are, to a greater degree than any prior generation,
defined by the technology in which they are embedded. The ethical questions that face them
may be qualitatively different than those encountered by earlier generations.

CONFLICT WITH PARENTS

Millennials are generally the children of Baby Boomers (and older Gen Xers). There is
now a common observation that Millennials are often in conflict with Baby Boomers. For one
thing, Millennials are seen by Baby Boomers as somewhat greedy, self-absorbed and
wasteful.

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 One of the supposed causes of the alleged is the difference in mentality. The Boomer
life principle goes like this: attain a good education, get a well-paying full-time job, find a
stable partner, purchase a house and a car, and preferably have children. To Baby Boomers,
failing any stage of this course is a reflection of one’s dignity and somewhat shows a lack of
moral fiber.
Millennials are perceived to have tendency for delaying some rites of passage into
adulthood and for living with their parents for long periods of time. They are thus blamed
for not living up to Baby Boomers’ ideals. Millennials are seen as denying the lifestyles of
their parents.

MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BABY BOOMERS AND MILLENNIALS

1. Millennials are more progressive on social issues.
2. Millennials are hesitant to identify themselves with a political party.
3. Millennials are less wealthy.
4. Millennials are reluctant to get married.
5. More millennials live at home than their parents did at the same age.

SECULARISM AND HUMANISM

Millennials are less openly religious than the older generations. About one in four
Millennials are unaffiliated with any religion, which is much more than the older generations
when they were the ages of Millennials. Especially in dealing with morality, Millennials are
more likely to advocate secularism and humanism.
Secularism is basically a non-theistic belief system or a worldview which does not
acknowledge supernatural or divine views of reality. Humanism is a system of thought
which gives emphasis to the value of human beings and favors man’s though over faith or
religious doctrine.

Date Developed:
Document No. 001-2020
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GE 106 - Ethics Date Revised:
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Module 3: Millenials of ---
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