This current paper studies the difference in Work Ethics and Work Motivation among NGO workers in India. Data was collected from 100 Generation X workers and 100 from Generation Y workers from various non-government organizations. The MWEP-SF was used to measure the Work ethics and the Work Motivation Questionnaire by K.G. Agarwal was used for assessing motivation. The study is quantitative in nature. Descriptive Statistics was used along with Tests of Significance of Mean Differences to measure the difference in Work Ethics between Generation X and Generation Y. Another Independent Samples t-test was used to find the difference in Work Motivation between the two generations. The study showed that there was a significant difference in terms of work ethics between the two generations. The study also showed that there was a significant difference in terms of work motivation between the two generations.

Keywords: Work ethics, Work Motivation, NGO workers, Generation X, Generation Y.