ETHICS IN HRM

ETHICS

Ethics refers to the good and bad , right & wrong action of
business people.

Business ethics is the same as the generally accepted norms of

good or bad practices.
SOURCES OF BUSINESS ETHICS

 Religion

 Cultural experience

 The legal system

MYTHS ABOUT ETHICS
 Ethics is personal

 Business and ethics don’t mix

 Business ethics is relative

 Good business means good ethics

 Information is neutral amoral

WHY IS ETHHICS IMPORTANT?
ETHICS DILEMMAS

 Face- to- face ethics

 Corporate-policy ethics

 Functional-area ethics
HR ETHICAL ISSUES
 Employee responsibility
 Cash and incentive plans
 Performance appraisal
 Race and disability
 Job discrimination
 Privacy issues
 Safety and health
 Restructuring and layoffs
MANAGING ETHICS
 Top management
 Code of ethics
 Ethics committees
 Whistle blowing
 Ethics training programmers
ETHICS AND LAW

CORPORATE CULTURE AND

ETHICAL CLIMATE
IMPROVING ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

 Difficulties in decision making

 Ways of resolving ethical issues