Work ethic is a set of values ​​or beliefs based on a moral attitude that hard work deserves to be rewarded. It also refers to the moral benefit of workers based on their seriousness and ability to improve their abilities. Although the value has changed throughout history, society still expects workers to have a good work ethic in order to be selected. for a better position where it requires more responsibilities, recognition of one's contribution with higher salaries. On the contrary, society does not trust workers, who do not meet expectations, because they neglect their duties and fail to contribute to society. Max Weber, sociologist and author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, traced the origin of the work ethic in relation to ethics and ascetic Protestantism in the spirit of capitalism. According to Weber, Protestantism proposed a concept of "vocation" and encouraged religious virtue while Calvinism taught predestination. New religions oppose spending hard-earned money on luxury goods identified as a sin, while the social condition of "not working" is seen as laziness, an affront to God. When capitalism emerged, these values ​​faded into their capitalist value and profit became justified as part of their secular ethics and spirit of capitalism. In contemporary society, the social meaning of occupation has changed and retracted in its ideological transformation into social progress. People shared solidarity within their profession and beyond the division of labor, but progress in industrialization and technological innovation was maximized by social division. Subsequently, a regression was made and fell into consequentialism and anomie of society middle of paper...... concept of Karl Marx, minimizing unemployment benefits or taxing their immediate family more to share public accountability, however, none of their projects have yet come to fruition. Recently, social economists believe that this crisis will ease as baby boomers leave their workforce and hopefully bring new economic achievements and lead to peace in this troubled nation. Works Cited Weber, Max. The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Translated by Talcott Parsons. London and New York: Routledge Classics. 2001. Durkheim, Emile. The division of labor in society. New York: The Free Press. 1997. Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Translated by Gerald Bevan. London: Penquin Classics. 2003. Katz, Michael. In the Shadow of the Poor: A Social History of Welfare in America. Massachusetts: Basic Book. 1986.