Americans work ethic is slowly declining.I recently read in the newspaper that Harley Davidson workers are complaining because they get points now for calling in sick.As you know,the factory was looking at moving it's location out of state.The worker's absenteeism was one of the reasons they wanted to leave and workers calling in sick last year cost the company thirteen million dollars in lost production.Under the new policy,the workers would be able to call in sick four times a year and they are complaining.All of the jobs that i had,i could not call in or i would be disciplined and these workers want to be able to call in sick numerous times a month.It is my opinion that four sick days a year is enough.On the other hand,the management should be lenient on the workers who get a bad sickness such as the swine flu and need a couple of days off to get better.These cases should be the only exeption and they would have to be accompanied with a doctors excuse.Taking days off unexcused days off when they are not sick is not acceptable.This is just one of many reasons the work ethic is declining.