Describe a time when you had difficulty balancing your professional responsibilities with your personal responsibilities (family, personal wellbeing, service to community, etc.). Can supporting employees’ family life be beneficial to a business or corporation? Why or why not?

Choose one of the following TED talks to review and discuss below:

Jessica Shortall: How America Fails New Parents — and Their Babies.

Using the video you watched, answer the following questions:

Describe a time when you had difficulty balancing your professional responsibilities with your personal responsibilities (family, personal wellbeing, service to community, etc.).
Do you think businesses have an ethical obligation to support the needs of families by providing flexible working hours, remote positions and/or extended family leave? Why or why not?
Can supporting employees’ family life be beneficial to a business or corporation? Why or why not?