Ethics in Human Resource Management

Question 1

What are ethical issues in HRM?

Answer 1

1. Employer and Employee relationship and interaction
2. Rights and duties owed between employee and employer
3. Mutual expectation and responsibilities
4. Forms of communications

Question 2

Discrimination is based on?

Answer 2

Gender
Age
Race
Religion
Disabilities
Attractiveness
Illness
Tribalism and nepotism

Question 3

Privacy and confidentiality can be violated by?

Answer 3

1. Filing and documentation of sensitive information
2. Surveillance on work place
3. Whistle blowing
4. Sexual harassment

Question 4

What is the Safety and Principle of non maleficence?

Answer 4

1. First Do not harm
2. Prevent harm
3. Avoid harm
4. Minimize harm
5. Do risk and benefit assessment
6. Do risk-risk assessment

Question 5

What do you do in risk-risk assessment?

Answer 5

Occupation health
Occupational safety
Safety of the clients
Disease control
Fire safety
Security issues

Question 6

What are the Current ethical issues in HRM?

Answer 6

Ethics of Health worker strike
Ethics of brain drain of health worker
Effective and ethical HRM
HR Planning
Code of conduct
Moral choices and Human resource management
Corporate identity and responsibility
Staff compensation
Performance based remunerations and promotions
Managing absenteeism
HIV Policy at work place

Question 7

Describe beneficence of ethical principles of HRM?

Answer 7

Good intentions
Create good working environment
Good effective communication
No witch hunting and bullying
Beware of safety

Question 8

Describe the respect of ethical principles of HRM?

Answer 8

Respect of persons
Respect of rules and procedures
Respect of administrative and management structures
Respect different opinion
Respect of the clients
Respect those who gives opposing views
Respect of organization mission and values

Question 9

What are the Principle of Justice in form and process in ethical principles of HRM?

Answer 9

Procedural justice (Based on Merit)
Social justice (Based on need)
Criminal justice
Natural justice
Mob justice

Question 10

What are the definitions of justice?

Answer 10

Justice as fairness
Justice as equality before the law
Justice as treating equals equally and unequal unequally
Justice as providing equal opportunity
Justice should be in form and process

Question 11

Describe ethics and medical strike?

Answer 11

Respect of labors laws on industrial strike
Proper benefit-risk assessment
Be fair and objective
Conflict resolution Proposal should be reasonable and feasible
Uncover false evidence appearing real (FEAR)
Avoid false heroism
Do not turn a villain to a hero and a hero to villain by following or accepting false evidence appearing real