Ethics and Human Resource Management

Ethics and Human Resource Management
Review Questions
2.1 What is ‘ethics’? How does it differ from ‘morality’?
2.2 What is ‘moral relativism’? Give an example from a business context.
2.3 ‘Corporate social responsibility without HR is just PR.’ Do you agree? Why? Why not?
2.4 What is ‘utilitarianism’? Give an example of a utilitarian argument in human resource
management.
2.5 List some human rights that are relevant to the work context.
2.6 What is the ‘stakeholder’ approach? List the key stakeholders in a typical work
organisation.
2.7 Give an example of an ethical code of conduct? What are the key characteristics of a
good code? How can they improve standards of behaviour?
2.8 What mechanism does HR have to ensure stakeholder participation in organisational
decision making?