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Human Resource Ethics HR Hot Topic Outline Ethics Ethics in HR field HR Ethics Code HR Ethics Research Ethics 3 What is Ethics? --Discipline of dealing with what is good and bad, or right and wrong, or with moral duty and obligation Sources of Ethical Guidance --a number of sources to determine what is right or wrong, good or bad, moral or immoral Two Questions For You ! Law and Ethics No.1 Copyright 2000 - South-Western College Publishing Module 27 - 5 Some Contrasts Between Law and Ethics Something can be ethical and legal Something can be ethical and illegal Something can be unethical and legal Something can be unethical and illegal 6 Ethics and the Law Law often represents an ethical minimum Ethics often represents a standard that exceeds the legal minimum Ethics Law Frequent Overlap Two Questions For You ! Ethical Decision No.2 Survival 3–9 Ethical Decision Rules Utilitarian Rule An ethical decision is one that produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Moral Rights Rule An ethical decision is one that best maintains and protects the fundamental rights and privileges of the people affected by it. Justice Rule An ethical decision is one that distributes benefits and harms among stakeholders in a fair, equitable, or impartial way. Practical Rule An ethical decision is one that a manager has no reluctance about communicating to people outside the company because the typical person in a society would think it is acceptable. Organizational Ethics--- Social Responsibility Organizational Ethics--- Social Responsibility Organizational Ethics--- Social Responsibility Organizational Ethics--- Social Responsibility Human Resource Ethics 14 The application of ethical principles to human resource relationships and activities A Code of Ethics --establishes the rules by which the organizations lives Human Resource Ethics 15 Code of Ethics --Easy to talk the talk but harder to execute Must breathe it Train its people Communicate the code