ETHICAL CONTEXT OF HRM


Ethics and HRM


As per, Winstanley, Woodall and Heery (1996), ‘Ethics is a special section of philosophy that connects with morality, that is concepts such as good and bad, right and wrong.

Business ethics deals with the degree and extent of morality to be used in business.

The present world focus more on ethical leadership. A relationship between business and its employee is now connected with the employment contract. The principal of ethical selection is followed by an ethical organization for hiring respective employees.

In according to this an organization is mainly focused on hiring a person who can commit him or herself to contribute the maximum forwards increasing the long term value of the business.

According to this principal factors like gender, age, nationality, and religion, are not relevant for hiring a person.

Ethics in HRM confirms the obligations an employer has towards its employees in maintaining equality and quality justice.

Areas of HRM Ethics

1)Basic Human rights as job security
2)Safety life in workplace
3)Privacy
4)Respect, fairness and honestly

Furthermore, as per the Resources Management institute. Ethics (2013) states, the role of human resources in connection with promoting of Ethics as stated below.

1)Improving of recruitment and selection process
2)Training
3)Proper performance appraisals
4)Rewards
5)Disciplinary Process

Unethical practice of human resources considers as follows

For employers

1)Controlling of unions
2)Based appraisals, selected and transfers
3)Child labours
4)Inflexible working hours
5)Physical violence

For employers

1)False personal information
2)Taking decision on personal grounds

For government

1)Announcement of vacancies without further planning

Ethical issues connected to an organization

1   1)  Safety and Health
2   2)  Face to face ethics
3   3) Corporate policy ethics
4   4)  Communication
5   5) Employee relations
6   6) Insecurity
7   7) Risk
8   8) Surveillance and control

Reference:

Friedman. M.1970. “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits, New York Times Magazine”

Johnson.R.2003, HR must embrace ethics, people management”
Resource Management institute, “Ethics”, 2013 Available from[5th January 2019]


UKEssays, “Ethics and Human Resource Management”, By Amanda Rose, 2017 Available from [5th January 2019
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Comments

  1. Mufthas RasikimJanuary 13, 2020 at 5:06 AM

    Ethics may not written rules and regulation or not included in the employee handbook. In your blog you have clearly identified the area of ethics an organization has to concentrate.

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  2. Janith PrabashaJanuary 13, 2020 at 9:01 AM

    Victor and Cullen, (1988) expressed that ethical work environments consist of common conceptions of traditional organizational activities and procedures having an ethical content where ethics clearly determines what a person should do. Implementing or developing a better ethical culture within an organization is more important as that can be directly impacted in employees behavior.

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  3. Prasad KarunarathneJanuary 17, 2020 at 9:53 AM

    Ethics are very vital for an organization. Nicely done

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  4. IroshanJanuary 17, 2020 at 4:38 PM

    Ethical culture is very important to organization.

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  5. Chandana kumaraJanuary 17, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    Ethics are very important for an organization. Good article.

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