HRM and ETHICS

 

THE ETHICAL NATURE OF HRM

All HR practices have an ethical foundation. HR deals with the practical consequences of human behavior’. The core concern of business – proponents of the market economy argue is in attempting to secure the best possible return on any investment. Any dilution of this focus will lead to the corruption of what is a finely balanced system. Businesses that seek to be ‘ethical’ as well as profitable will probably fail economically, following which the whole community may suffer. Ethics are becoming more and more important and HR must continually revise the code of ethics to address the issues that (Karthikeyan.S N.D.)

 

Benefits of good ethics in the workplace

• ·       Loyalty
• ·       Desirable work environment
• ·       Produce results
• ·       Build good references
• ·       Good office morale
• ·       Growth and expansion
• ·       Avoid Legal Problems
• ·       Recognition
• ·       Retention

How to encourage good ethics in the workplace

• ·       Fair consequences
• ·       Transparency
• ·       Fair treatments
• ·       Train your employees
• ·       Be a good role model
• ·       Reward ethical behavior
• ·       Report unethical behavior

The most common unethical behaviors in the workplace

• ·       Misusing company time

This category includes knowing that one of your co-workers is conducting personal business on company time.

• ·       Abusive behavior

workplaces are filled with managers and supervisors who use their position and power to mistreat or disrespect others. Unfortunately, unless the situation you're in involves race, gender or ethnic origin, there is often no legal protection against abusive behavior in the workplace.

• ·       Employee theft

Employee fraud is also on the uptick, whether its check tampering, not recording sales in order to skim, or manipulating expense reimbursements.

• ·       Lying to employees

The fastest way to lose the trust of your employees is to lie to them, yet employers do it all the time.

• ·       Violating company internet policies

These are terms used to identify people who surf the Web when they should be working. It's a huge, multi-billion-dollar problem for companies.

In an organization acting ethically, employees can realize positive benefits and improved business outcomes. The perception of ethical behavior can increase employee performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, trust and organizational citizenship behaviors.

 

References

Karthikeyan.S (N.D.) Ethics in Hr. IOSR Journal of Business and Management e-ISSN : 2278-487X, p-ISSN : 2319-7668, PP 01-02 [Online]. Available at http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jbm/papers/ncibppte-volume-1/1003.pdf. Accessed on 28th March 2021

Palomino, P. R. Martínez, R. (2011) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR. RAMON LLULL JOURNAL OF APPLIED ETHICS 2011. ISSUE 2 [Online]. Available at  file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/280862-Text%20de%20l'article-385095-1-10-20140929.pdf. Accessed on 28th March 2021

CommLab India (N.D.) Ethics in the Workplace! [online video] Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUxMpMTT28 [Accessed 28 March 2021].