EthicalDecisionMaking:
EmployerResponsibilitiesandEmployeeRights
ChapterObjectives1Afterreadingthischapter,youwillbeableto:Distinguishbetweenthetwodistinctperspectivesoftheethicsofworkplacerelationships.Explaintheconceptofdueprocessintheworkplace.Describehowtodownsizeinanethicalmanner.Explainthedifferencebetweenintrinsicandinstrumentalvalueintermsofhealthandsafety.Illustrateanemployer’sresponsibilitywithregardtoemployeehealthandsafetyandwhythemarketisnoteffectiveatmanagingthisresponsibility.
ChapterObjectives2Explainthebasicargumentsforandagainstregulationofthegloballaborenvironment.Describetheargumentforamarket-basedresolutiontoworkplacediscrimination.Definediversityasitappliestotheworkplace,aswellasitsbenefitsandchallenges.Explainaffirmativeactionanddescribethethreewaysinwhichaffirmativeactionmaybelegallypermissible.
EthicalDecisionMakingHirecharacter.Trainskill.PeterSchutz
EthicsandBusinessTheemployergenerallygetstheemployeeshedeserves.J.PaulGetty
Introduction1Ethicsintheemploymentcontextisauniversaltopic.Thelawprovidesguidanceforthinkingaboutethicalissuesintheworkplace,buttheseissuesgowellbeyondlegalconsiderations.Thischapterexploresareasofethicaldecisionmakingintheworkplaceremainsrelativelyfluidandwhereanswersarenoteasilyfoundbysimplycallingthecompanylawyer.
Introduction2Variousethicalchallengesfacingthenatureofemployerresponsibilitiesandtheemployeeareaddressedinthischapter.Aseachissueisexamined,trytoemploytheethicaldecision-makingprocesstoreachthebestpossibleconclusionforthestakeholders.Utilizinganethicaldecision-makingprocessavoidslaterhurdlesandremovesbarrierstoprogressandmomentum.
EthicalIssuesintheWorkplace:TheCurrentEnvironment1Ethicsatworkandinhumanresourcemanagementisaboutrelati