ETHICS, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM
If we put the words business ethics and hrm into the Google search engine on the Internet, we come up with more than 3,780,000 hits in just 0.36 of a second.
How ethics affects the HR function:
Ethics corresponds to basic human needs
Values create business credibility with the public
Values give the management credibility with its employees
Values lead to higher level and quality of decision making
Ethics and profits can and do go together
Laws alone do not safeguard society
The number one reason for running an ethical business, today and in the future, is protecting a companys reputation. Globalizatio...