Charity in the Workplace

Our readings for this week focused heavily on Christlike attributes, especially charity. I chose to interpret these attributes in the scope of my coming professional life as a software developer. With graduation and full-time employment just around the corner, now is the time for all of us to decide what kind of employee, co-worker, and leader we want to be throughout our careers. I appreciated the focus on charity in our readings. It is obviously a hugely important Christlike attribute for our life now and the eternities, and it is just as important in the scope of ethics in the workplace. We wouldn't discriminate against other co-workers if we felt charity towards them. We wouldn't misuse the powers of technology to exploit people or steal intellectual property. In all ways, our behavior should uplift and inspire those we work with. The code we write and the products we create should be appropriate and wholesome and designed to benefit people as much as possible.