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Carolyn Wiethoff
Professor, Business Management

"There are no secrets for the millennial generation. There’s no sense of privacy. If I want to know what Britney’s wearing today, I go online and find out; it’s not that hard. And I think that’s one of the reasons that we’re starting to see what we view as a lack of respect, because there’s a real lack of boundaries."

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Lack of Respect and Generational Differences
Carolyn Wiethoff, Professor, Business Management

What is respectful or disrespectful? What is proper and appropriate? Surprisingly, different generations have different opinions as to what is proper and respectful. Carolyn Wiethoff describes the characteristics of the "millennial generation," or "Generation Y," and how the opinions and lifestyles of these now-teens and twentysomethings will affect the business world and American society as a whole.

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Mini University Conversations is a series of interviews with instructors from Mini University, Indiana Universitys award-winning learning vacation. The series was produced by the IU Alumni Association, Bloomington Continuing Studies, and the Division of Broadcast and Electronic Media. Mini University takes place each June in Bloomington, Ind. To learn more, visit the Mini University home page.