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Employees Flashcards

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Why can employees be considered stakeholders?

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They constitute the firm and are key representatives
In some cases they may even own the firm
They are a key asset and arguably the most important

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What is the hard HR model

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Strict control, high job insecurity, employees as a cost to be minimised
See employees as a means to an end (ethics of duties, maxim 2)
Utilitarian approach

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What is the soft HR model

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Employees are seen as an asset that are to be developed and nurtured
Serological approach- duty to employees
Principle of corporate rights- the organisation has the obligation to not violate the rights of others

Apple arguably practices both

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What are the ethical issues in hrm

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Core ethical dilemma - people are resources that should be managed in ways that maximises efficiency and minimises costs

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What is the ethical issue with the term HRM?

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Firms employ labour to achieve ends (Kant)
But humans deserve respect and dignity
Should be treated as just a means to an end

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What are the key ethical issues associated with employees?

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Privacy
Discrimination
Sexual harassment 
Security
Participation and association
Favouritism

Sense of right is no longer uniform if globalised

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What is the race to the bottom perspective?

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Multinationals through strong demand and falling prices, move around globally to pick and choose lowest cost centres

Lower costs often accompanied by
Poor labour conditions
Less environmental protection
Low attention to health and safety

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what is the problems with governments and the race to the bottom

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To attract foreign capital l, governments may cut taxes or loosed social safety nets
Many do not protect human rights and suppress unions

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What are the ethical challenges of globalisation

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Takes western countries to countries with little or no employment regulation
Labour conditions,
Wage rates and child labour
Legal vacuum- global governance gaps
Employee rights are viewed differently in different cultures

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What are the enabling conditions of extreme labour exploitation?

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Industry context
Socioeconomic( extreme poverty, unemployment and education)
Geographic( geographical isolation and distance from home)
Cultural context (traditions and entrenched inequalities

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What are the key facts Crane discloses about slavery?

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30 million slaves in today’s workforce
Estimates of 50,000- 150,000 in the USA
Human trafficking is the fastest growing form of organised crime

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What are the 4 features of slavery?

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Forced to work through threat
Owned or controlled by employer
Dehumanised and treated as a commodity
Physically constrained or restricted in freedom of movement

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What ultimately is slavery

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Essentially an attempt to underprice a key resource through illegitimate means

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What are the two slavery management techniques

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Exploiting and insulating

  • access and deployment of violence
  • debt management - debt contracts to slaves
  • accounting opacity
  • labour supply chain management

Sustaining and shaping capabilities

  • moral legitimisation - make sure it’s legitimised in immediate community
  • domain maintenance
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What are the legal and economic aspects of employees as stakeholders

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Legal- contractually connected that stipulates rights and duties of both parties

Economic- asset specificity and can create moral hazard
Employees may move geographically
Dependency
Employers also face moral hazard

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What are some examples of employee rights

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Right to freedom from discrimination
Right to privacy
Right to due process
Right to participation and association 
Right to fair wages
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What is discrimination

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When employees receive preferential treatment not on the grounds of their qualifications of experience

Race, gender, religion, disability and nationality

BBC
Ford

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What are the issues with law and sexual and racial harrasemnet

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Regulation is rather reluctant to take up these issues

Fine line between office romance/ joking

19
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What are equal opportunities and affirmative action

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Many companies have sought to tackle issues through equal opportunity programmes 
Recruitment policies 
Fair job criteria 
Training for discriminates minorities 
Promotion to senior positions
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What are the problems with affirmative action programmes

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Can be seen as a form of reverse discrimination
Disadvantages those in an advanced position

Justification based on redistributive justice - past injustices are paid for

Distributive justice- rewards such as job and pay should be allocated fairly among groups

21
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What is the notion of privacy

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The right to control information about oneself and control situations where such information could be gleaned

22
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What are the 4 types of privacy

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Physical privacy
Social privacy
Informational privacy
Psychological privacy

Electronic privacy and data protection are becoming key issues in the workplace

23
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What is the view of employee participation

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Employees should have a certain degree of influence on tasks, job environments and company goals

Financial
Organisational
- delegation, information , consultation and code termination

24
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What are the issues with working conditions

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Today most industrialised economies have a dense network of health and safety regulations that must be adhered to but globalisation poses an inherent problem
Main issues are around enforcement

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What are the challenges of globalisation

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National culture v moral values
Different cultures will view employee rights differently

Absolutism v relativism
Absolutism- if an ethical principle is valid it is to be applicable everywhere
Relativism- no one view of ethics is right

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What is the race to the bottom perspective

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Companies increasingly select economies wher regulation is low and a low social provision for employees
LDCs view their low standards as a competitive advantage to attract investment

27
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What are the enabling conditions of slavery

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Industry context
Cultural context
Geographical context
Socioeconomic context
Regulatory context
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What are the issues with the industry context

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High labour intensity - slavery as a means to reduce cost
Low value capture- faced with slavery to survive
Industry legitimacy- hide operations

29
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Why are the issues with socio economic

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Extreme poverty- can use correction and deception
Unemployment - need to survive is a key push factor
Education and awareness- no education limits choice of job elsewhere , low awareness of job they are entering

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What are the issues with geographic

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High isolation of enterprise
- high demand low supply
High political distance
- heightened dependence

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Issues with the cultural context

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Traditions - e.g Nigeria bonded labour is a tradition

Entrenched inequality

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Regulatory

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Strength of governance
- rife in conflict zones 
- laws may exist but not enforced 
Issue attention 
- existing legal solutions are thought to have solved the problem
33
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What contradiction does hrm often face

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Economic v ethical

Surveillance v privacy

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