I have always believed that one of the moral obligations of the firm is to provide meaningful work for employees. However just what constitutes meaningful work has been a contentious matter. Is meaningful work to be defined as nothing more than what the employees say it is? Or would the term meaningful work be given an objective normative definition which would permit managers to provide it even if the employees do not agree? A standard problem with the former approach is that it is subjective and individualistic. . . Why should management have a duty to provide each employee meaningful work as he or she defines it? On The other hand a standard problem with the objective approach is that it has been difficult to find a justification for any objective normative definition that can be given