Landscaping Company Owner Questions Americans' Work Ethic. May 6, 2014 / 9:20 AM CDT / CBS Chicago ... she's started sticking magnetic "Help Wanted" stickers on her company's trucks.

A work ethics training program promotes teamwork by instilling trust in co-workers. People are more likely to be amenable to working together when they appreciate and respect one another.

Innovative, says Daniel Terris in Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue at an American Corporation (Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England), a case study blending praise and criticism.