Overview
Against a backdrop of contextual changes such as the recent government pledges for the UK to sign up to the social chapter, proposed changes to equal opportunity and discrimination legislation, and the push for stakeholder approaches to management, ethics has been pushed to the forefront of the HR arena. Covering the subject of HR in a rigorous and comprehensive way using ethical frameworks, this book looks at areas of ethical concern in current trends and practice, as well as examples and methods for promoting good practice.
Synopsis
Against a backdrop of contextual changes such as the recent government pledges for the UK to sign up to the social chapter, proposed changes to equal opportunity and discrimination legislation, and the push for stakeholder approaches to management, ethics has been pushed to the forefront of the HR arena. Covering the subject of HR in a rigorous and comprehensive way using ethical frameworks, this book looks at areas of ethical concern in current trends and practice, as well as examples and methods for promoting good practice.
Booknews
Focuses on the latent ethical underpinnings in contemporary human resource management to raise ethical sensitivity and awareness, and to enable ethical analysis of HR policy and practice utilizing traditional and newer ethical frameworks. Among the topics of the 16 chapters are recruitment and selection, occupational testing and psychometric profiling, equal opportunities, flexible working patterns, the impact of long hours on managers, employee participation and involvement, social auditing, and whistleblowing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)