MN7181- THE ETHICAL CONTEXT OF HRM

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The Ethical context of HRM


The term‘ ethics' is usually applied to persons (ethics comes from the Greek ethos, meaning character) and‘ morality' to acts and behaviour (moral comes from the Latin moralise, meaning customs or manners). It refers to that aspect of human experience which involves making unbiased judgments as to the ultimate rightness and wrongness of actions and the values to which priority should be given in making personal, social and political decisions (Maclagan, 1998). Ethics is about laws or values that help us make the right and wrong decisions (Hamlin et al., 2001).

Human Resource Management (HRM) is about how to manage people, backed by a number of theories about individuals and organizations ' behaviour. It is concerned with the contribution it can make to improving organizational effectiveness through people but it should be equally concerned with the ethical dimension–how people should be treated in accordance with a set of moral values (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014).

More Business organizations are concern to keep the ethical standard of their organization. HR plays a key role in maintaining an organization's ethical culture intact. It is important to maintain the ethical standard in an organization to maintain discipline.

“All HR practices have an ethical foundation. HR deals with human behavior's practical consequences "(Johnson, 2003).

HR professionals need to raise awareness of ethical issues, encourage ethical behaviour, generally disseminate ethical practices to line managers, communicate ethical codes of conduct, ensure that people know about ethical behaviour, maintain enforcement and track agreements (Woodall & Winstanley, 2000).

HR should follow three approaches: the first is to ensure that HR policies and actions taken to enforce them meet appropriate ethical standards; the second is to criticize unethical behavior on the part of management (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014) as role models leading by example and living and breathing good ethical behaviour. HR will enforce ethical standards from the recruitment process (e.g.: Asking for School Character Certificate), induction (e.g. Educating the rules and principles on how to behave in an organization), training (Concerning how trainees are to behave in training), communication (e.g.: Whistle Blowing Policy), performance management (e.g. searching for letters of violation).


References
Armstrong, M. & Taylor, S., 2014. A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. London:Kogan Page Limited.
Hamlin, B., Keep, J. & Ash, K., 2001. Organizational Change and Development: A reflective guide for managers. London: FT Pitman.
Johnson, R., 2003. HR must embrace ethics. People Management, 9(1).



Comments

  1. Kavishka GalagodaJanuary 9, 2020 at 9:26 PM

    when it comes to ethics it is one of the important factor in human resource management.you have related this article very nicely to human resource management.

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  2. Thilina RajapakseJanuary 9, 2020 at 11:03 PM

    Good explanation given about ethical foundation in HR way.

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  3. Yohan RatnayakeJanuary 9, 2020 at 11:37 PM

    Thank u this blog is really helpful and easy to understanding

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  4. Afraz AdamJanuary 10, 2020 at 5:53 AM

    ethics is a human related subject witch we could not teach or force to do so, it should come from person to person, good article, keep up the good work

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  5. Sandeep WarakagodaJanuary 11, 2020 at 1:26 AM

    You have simply described about the ethics in HRM! Easy to understand!

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  6. Rasika MBA January 11, 2020 at 7:03 PM

    HRM has been breifly discuused with quite new literature has been brought up with the context . Atttractive literature context has been noted .

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  7. Mufthas RasikimJanuary 13, 2020 at 5:17 AM

    Organization’s ethics are the way employees do their work. This could be perceived as ethical or unethical. I agree with you that HR plays a key role in maintaining an organization's ethical culture intact.

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  8. Sajith AbeyrathneJanuary 15, 2020 at 2:40 AM

    Briefly discribe the ethics in HRM. Good article

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  9. IshanJanuary 16, 2020 at 6:45 AM

    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 ; fairness and righteousness’.

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  10. Prasad KarunarathneJanuary 17, 2020 at 9:32 AM

    Ethics are very important for every sector. You have written well

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  11. Prasad KarunarathneJanuary 17, 2020 at 9:32 AM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  12. Chandana kumaraJanuary 18, 2020 at 5:31 AM

    Good article. Ethics are very important to each and every sectors.

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  13. Lasitha IndrapalaJanuary 18, 2020 at 8:52 AM

    a better explanation.if it is according to your organization, I agree with your explanation .Human resource management deals with manpower planning and development related activities in an organization.context of management where ethics really matter, since it concerns human issues especially those of compensation, development, industrial relations, and health and safety issues

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