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Ethical Issues In Human Resource Management

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Ethics Issues and Challenges in Human Resource Management (HRM)

Human Resource Management(HRM) deals with a lot of people-related issues such as staffing, training and development related activities and compensation and benefit scheduling. Ethics in HRM becomes very important as good ethics is always good for business. Different ethical issues happen in different section of HRM , for instance, privacy and discrimination. This essay are going to discuss and identify three key ethical issues in HRM as followings : Privacy issue, Discrimination issue and Employment issue. And there are three news example to illustrate those three issues. Also, in this essay, there are five ethical theories applied and examined to discuss whether the action in …show more content…

Inequalities of income, employment opportunities and property ownership, deprivations which arise from unemployment, gender and old age, uncompensated injuries sustained through accident or as a result of the criminal behavior of others. All these and much more are routinely denounced as not simply wrong, but wrong because they are unjust.(Campbell, T. 1988, p.1) In Justice theory, there are two concept, Rawl and Nozick. Rawl 's justice concept argued there is no differences between people which justify inequalities in the distribution of social benefits and burdens (primary social goods) and everyone deserves an equal share. Rawls’ theory is a challenge to Utilitarianism. He emphasises equality of resources rather than gains in utility. (De George, 2010, p.76) On the other hand, in Nozick justice concept, it emphasis on social & economic liberty and entitlement. Justice is based on rights of property ownership and rights of property transfer. Needy can be cared for via charity or insurance; the lazy will be forced to change or suffer consequences. (De George, 2010, p.152-153) In the case, women in Hong Kong workplace facing the gender discrimination as women has no equal liberty, they cannot get the equal employment and promotion opportunity with men. From the Justice view, this case is …show more content…

In aspect of right theory, its definition is a right is something people are entitled to, if people want it. their right to something puts others under a duty or obligation to treat them in such a way that their right can be fulfilled.(Van Hooft et al, 1995) In this case, we can applied the posit right as people are entitled the right to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination, women has right to responsible for the key position put all HRM under a obligation to treat all the women as same as men 's ability and commitment. From the right view, this case is

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