How to say "loyalty" in Chinese in a work context

[zhouhaochen]

for loyalty towards your company/colleagues (not a friend, relative, country, spouse etc.), any suggestions on how to express this in a work context?

I have the feeling 忠诚 is a bit too strong (too personal to be used in a work context), but I could be wrong. Interesting that in 10 years of working in China that word has never come up. Or maybe it did and I just didn't understand. Or is 忠诚 just fine?

Any suggestions welcome...

[Kenny同志]

Both 忠于 and 忠诚 are okay.

忠于公司

忠于国家

忠于爱人

对公司忠诚

对国家忠诚

对爱人忠诚

[semantic nuance]

Also you may try 對[國家 / 愛人/ 公司 ]忠心耿耿 or 對 [國家/ 愛人/ 公司] 沒有貳心。

[Kenny同志]

比我的更胜一筹，呵呵。

对了，什么时候台湾也开始说“爱人”了？不是说“先生”、“太太”吗？

[semantic nuance]

You're being modest, kenny! As for 愛人, I didn't mean spouse; i meant lover .

[Frank Wu]

Have you heared"员工忠诚度"？ Loyalty here in a work context.

It's more used by managing persons or hr persons.

[Kenny同志]

在大陆，lover是情人。

[jbradfor]

You are mandating "loyalty" in an employee contract? That seems so weird to me.

I mean, it's good for an employee to be loyal, but either the employee is loyal, or the employee is not loyal, and it seems to me that putting it in a contract doesn't make any difference.

[zhouhaochen]

thanks for all the replies!

so I used 忠诚 and it did seem to get the meaning across well.

Jbradfor: was an oral conversation not a contract. I think loyalty is not something you can demand, you can only gain it over time. I agree having it in a contract would be rather pointless.

PS: I will stay out of the 爱人/台湾 debate... :rolleyes:

[jbradfor]

"work context". Oh yeah, that's what the thread title says. Not "work contract".

Nevermind.

I'm doing this more and more, misreading things. I don't know if I'm getting senile, careless, sleep deprived, or my Chinese is taking over my English. Or all four.

[imron]

Maybe it's something in the water ;)