Question

The issues of ethics faced by HRM include: _________.

• A. anti-competitive practices like manipulation of supply
• B. sexual harassment
• C. misleading advertisements
• D. all of above

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

sexual harassment

Human resource management (HRM) plays a decisive role in introducing and implementing ethical practices in an organisation. Ethics should be a pivotal issue for HR specialists. The ethics of human resource management (HRM) covers those ethical issues that arise around the employer-employee relationship, such as the rights and duties issues between the employer and employee.

The ethical issues faced by HRM include:

— Discrimination issues, i.e., discrimination on the bases of age, gender, race, religion, disabilities etc.

— Sexual harassment.

— Affirmative Action.

— Issues surrounding the representation of employees and the democratization of the workplace and trade unionisation.

— Issues affecting the privacy of the employee: workplace surveillance, drug testing, etc.

— Discrimination of whistle-blowers.

— Issues relating to the fairness of the employment contract and the balance of power between the employer and employee.

— Occupational safety and health issues.

Companies tend to shift economic risks onto the shoulders of their employees. The boom of performance-related pay system and flexible employment contracts are indicators of these newly established forms of shifting risk.