In five pages this paper explores the author's professional and indvidual ethical obligations within a context of the book. There are two sources cited in the bibliography.
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Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" which has been the recipient of much attention. Basically, this book asserts that it is next to impossible to live on
the minimum wages which many big companies pay for employees. In order to write this book, Ehrenreich herself went to Wal Mart and various other locations across the country
for a period of three months and worked in many of these minimum wage jobs to see if she could survive. While the exploration and resulting analysis is indeed
interesting and poignant, one must question her ethics in terms of gathering her evidence. There are clearly arguments on both sides of this issue. The Ethical Obligations
of Barbara Ehrenreich In Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Ehrenreich (2001) was inspired by some of the arguments
which surround welfare reform. These arguments often claim that people shouldnt be on welfare - instead they should go out and find some kind of job to support themselves
(Ehrenreich, 2001). So, this is exactly what Ehrenreich (2001) did. Ehrenreich (2001) attempted to find employment and took whatever
anyone would offer her. She claimed to be an inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce (Clayton, 2002). What ensues is her experiences in such positions which are often
sad, frustrating, funny and insightful. Some of the different positions which she held included a maid, waitress, cleaning woman, Wal-Mart clerk and others. Furthermore, she traveled to a
variety of states in order to gain an overall analysis of the situation. Ehrenreich (2001) made many discoveries, among them