The Moral Underground

by Dodson, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9781595586421
• ISBN10: 1595586423
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

Based on author Lisa Dodson's eight years of research and conversations with hundreds of Americans about the need to create ethical alternatives to rules that ignore the humanity of working parents and put their children at risk,The Moral Undergroundfeatures stories of middle class managers and professionals who refuse to be complicit in an economy that puts a decent life beyond the reach of the working poor. Whether it's a nurse choosing to treat an uninsured child, a supervisor padding a paycheck, or a restaurant manager sneaking food to a worker's children, these unsung heroes reach across the economic fault line to restore a sense of justice to the working world.

Author Biography

Lisa Dodson worked as a union activist, an obstetrical nurse, and the director of the Division of Women's Health for the state of Massachusetts before becoming a professor of sociology at Boston College. The author of Don't Call Us Out of Name, she lives in Auburndale, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Ethics at Work	p. 11
Employing Parents Who Can't Make a Living	p. 13
The Meaning of Work Ethic	p. 27
American Bosses: Sympathetic, Amoral Marketeers, and a Few Rule Breakers	p. 57
Troubling Children	p. 73
Working for the Good of the Child	p. 77
"Irresponsible" Parenting or Social Neglect?	p. 93
Beyond Blame: Recognizing Unequal Choices	p. 119
The Sickening Effects Of Poverty	p. 133
A Healer's Dilemma	p. 135
Trying to Heal Economic Harms	p. 157
Raising A Moral Underground	p. 169
Roots of Disobedience	p. 171
Raising a Moral Underground	p. 189
Addendum: Research as Democracy	p. 201
Notes	p. 213
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