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Boundaryless Careers and Employability Obligations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Harry J. Van Buren III
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Boundaryless careers may be beneficial to people with rare and valuable skills, but might prove harmful to many others. The idea of employability as an ethical responsibility of employers to employees is introduced; it is argued that attention to employability in private practice and public policy partially resolves the ethical problems inherent to in boundaryless careers. Because employability programs are considered to be voluntary, some means of holding employers accountable for such responsibilities needs to be considered when discussing boundaryless careers. Implications for practice and public policy are also discussed.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 131 - 149
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2003

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