The reading “Anomie and the modern division of labor” in Lemert’s “Social Theory” is concerned with relationships between different phenomenons. For example, it is describing the relationship between the judge and the lawyer. In many cases, people fail to differentiate the role of a judge and that of a lawyer. The soldier and the priest are other examples provided in the article to articulate the sense of anomie and the modern division of labour.
It becomes funny when one tries to explain some roles played by certain characters. For example, both a judge and a lawyer work in the same environment, have the same academic backgrounds, but their jobs entail different goals. A judge grills a suspect to extract the truth beyond any reasonable doubt, while a lawyer stands on behalf of the suspects either to defend their deeds or to hide the facts.
The article also describes how employees should treat employers, and vice versa, because they need to behave in an orderly manner hence maintaining the spirit of principled workmanship. It states that employees should be honest to their employers for them to achieve economic benefit and win in the competitive nature of events in any working environment. For any business to succeed in this environment, it requires respect between employers and their employees so that they can emphasize on the decent working rapport that can favour the trading activities with the consumers.
This is because employees determine the final product or service to be used by the consumer. In this case, if employees mess up with the finished goods, consumers will reject them, and loss will be transferred to the employer. Therefore, working relationships between the employer and employees are vital for obligations to be administered as required by the status of the jobs. It is, therefore, crucial for individuals to be guided by their morality in everything they do hence resulting in a better world.