This essay will examine the effect of occupation on a person's core values ​​and ethics. Values ​​and ethics are socialized into the person through institutions such as family, education and religion. Workplaces are encountered later in life, once a person's identity with values ​​has already developed. I choose this area of ​​research because in my microworld I was surprised by how differently people with different occupations behave as well as how similarly people with the same occupation behave. I imagine that workplaces have a positive or negative influence on a person's values ​​depending on the workplace culture and that adults will be more susceptible to this influence than a teenager. An adult's identity and socialization are deeply interconnected with their occupation, which is why I believe they will cooperate more with a change in values ​​even if it conflicts with their own due to management pressure or social pressure to be accepted in the culture of their group. -workers. Workplaces are not the main socialization institution for teenagers, so the influence will be less but still existent. I used an interview and questionnaire and intend to conduct a focus group as part of my research. An interview explores an individual's idea or experiences through the guided direction of planned questions and obtains qualitative data. A questionnaire is a series of predetermined questions, both open-ended and closed-ended, to obtain quantitative and qualitative data. A focus group is a group in which a topic is given and the researcher coordinates the discussion. A focus group will provide qualitative data and information on personal experiences. These methodologies are beneficial to my research...... middle of paper ......cs Be Taught?. [online] Retrieved from: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/canethicsbetaught.html [Accessed: 2 November 2013]. This article articulates Kohlberg's theories of moral development and how ethics can be taught. The article is in response to a Wall Street Journal article that deemed ethics courses useless and shows that this statement is incorrect. The article is presented from an expert's perspective and is helpful to my research. University, C. (2013). HSC Online - Nature of work and leisure. [online] Retrieved from: http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/society_culture/work_leisure/nature/nature_work/natureofworkandleisure.html [Accessed: 17 October 2013]. This article presents the basic meaning of the Protestant work ethic. The source is reliable, however the information is presented in a minimal and rather simplistic way and overall is not useful for my research