1. Ethical and socially responsible management of human
resources
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2. Management ethics are the application of moral
standards to management behaviour.
Ethics is not concerned with legal obligations, but
with what is morally right or wrong (and all the
shades of grey in between).
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3. Corporate Code of Conduct
One strategy to encourage ethical decisions is to
employ a corporate code of conduct
A corporate code of conduct is a set of ethical
standards for managers and employees to uphold
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4. Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is the obligations a business has
over and above its legal responsibilities to the
wellbeing of employees and customers, shareholders
and the community as well as the environment.
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5. The Social Report
To cater for the increasing demand for companies
obligations to social responsibility most large scale
organisations publish a social report. This report
outlines what the company is doing in regards to
social issues.
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6. Specific Human Resource Dilemmas
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7. Specific Human Resource Dilemmas
Recruitment - Does an organisation have a responsibility to tell a job
applicant if it is facing financial difficulty and may have to dismiss some
employees in the not too distant future
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8. Specific Human Resource Dilemmas
Recruitment - Does an organisation have a responsibility to tell a job
applicant if it is facing financial difficulty and may have to dismiss some
employees in the not too distant future
Electronic privacy - Does a manger have the right to read and print email
messages between employees?
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9. Specific Human Resource Dilemmas
Recruitment - Does an organisation have a responsibility to tell a job
applicant if it is facing financial difficulty and may have to dismiss some
employees in the not too distant future
Electronic privacy - Does a manger have the right to read and print email
messages between employees?
Performance evaluation - Human resource manager must observe and judge
an employee’s performance. Judgements can be influenced by personal
feelings. What does a a manager do when asked to evaluate the performance
of an employee with whom her or she does not get along.
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