Reports of mass resignation over a company's ethics may be inflated. Not every employee whose values are misaligned with their employer is ready to leave.

Instead, they may push for the organisation to shift its values by staging walkouts or organising diversity and inclusion efforts. For other workers, monetary or other incentives may be too good, and employees may focus on the positives instead.

Countless research over decades shows that people want to work for organisations with values in line with their own.

However, the conditions the Great Resignation has created, such as an overabundance of positions for workers to pick from, better perks and higher salaries, have given some people the chance to select companies that align with their values.

The difference is that workers have greater leverage. However, the trend that favours the workers could be short-term. Workers' options may dry up. If employees feel they don't have alternatives, they are less likely to change jobs.