Ethics, justice and fair treatment of employees hrm concepts

1. Ethics, Justice and Fair
Treatment of
employees

2. Ethics
O Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person’s
behavior.
O Ethics and the law
 The law is not the best guide about what is ethical.
 A behavior may be legal but unethical.
 A behavior may be illegal but ethical.

3. Justice
O Justice or fairness refers to the idea that an action or
decision is morally right, which may be defined
according to ethics, religion , equity or law.
O Experts generally define organizational justice in terms
of
O Distributive Justice
O Procedural Justice
O Interactional Justice

4. Fair Treatment
O Fair Treatment is an HR program or policy that ensures
that all employees of an organization are
given fair and equal treatment .
O Why Treat Employees Fairly?
 Perceptions of fairness relates to
 employee commitment
 satisfaction

5. Importance of Ethics, Justice and
Fair Treatment of Employees
O Helps in avoidance of employee litigation.
OEnhanced employee commitment , satisfaction
and organizational citizenship.
OAttract more employees wanting to work for
the business, reduce recruitment costs and
enable the company to get the most talented
employees.

6. Create a value and ethics-based
Organization Culture
(Case study)
O Hatim Tyabji was the founding chairman and CEO of
Verifone Incorporation.
O Once on an occasion it was brought to his attention
that a manager with excellent performance figures was
engaged in malfeasance.
O Revealing this information would have a very negative
effect on the company’s share price.
O Instead of hiding this information until the next
quarterly meeting, Mr.Tyabji, after checking carefully the
facts, approached the manager who was in-charge of
foreign operation, and fired him on the spot.

7. Create a value and ethics-based
Organization Culture(cont’d)
O Impressed by this decision, the associates worked
specially hard so that quarterly projection could still
be achieved.
O This is such a company with a culture in which
performance, no matter how impressive, can not be
achieved by unethical behavior.

8. Determinants of Ethical
Behaviour at Work
O Managers can do a lot to influence employee ethics
by carefully cultivating the right norms, leadership,
reward system and culture.
O Ethics slide when people undergo moral
disengagement.
O The most powerful morality comes from within.
O Employers should punish unethical behavior.

9. Ethics in HRM
O Ethics in HRM indicates the treatment of employees
with distributive , procedural and interactional
justice.
O Ethical Business contributes to business goals.
O Ethics in Human Resource Management deals with
affirmative moral obligation of employer towards
employees.

10. Role of HR in Promoting Ethics
among employees
O Conduct ethics training
O Ensure that there are no pitfalls in performance
appraisal
O Improve and Facilitate two way communication
O Measures should be taken for employee safety
O Providing equal opportunities

11. The Role of Training in Ethics

12. Ways to ensure Fairness and
Justice among employees
O The organization must realize the intrinsic value
of its employees.
O Treat people with dignity, respect and compassion.
O Giving equal opportunities to employees to
develop their skills.
O Laying down such policies and procedures which
will ensure equitable treatment for all.

13. Ways to ensure Fairness and
Justice(cont’d..)
O The organization must be fair and honest to its staff.
O Robust a transparent Promotion system and affirm that
everyone will receive an equal opportunity to be
recognized.

14. Conclusion
O Ethics, Justice and Fair Treatment of employees
is a very integral part of any organization
O It is the HR manager’s role to encourage his
company to implement ethics laws.
O Laws and regulation create definite standards of
behavior, the concept of ethics is more
subjective and perceptions about what
constitutes ethical behavior often differs
between individuals.

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