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organizational actions and policies that serve to improve in an ethical manner
- 1. economic performance
- 2. social actions
- 3. environmental performance
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Organizational responsibility is necessary due to:
- env. constant change
- instant information availability
- web like structures
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OR - benefits
- increased customer supprt
- trust increases asOR increases
- OR firms produce more
- revenue increases
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To ensure OR benefits occur, many firms institute:
- Chief responsibility officers (CRO) and compliance dept. or
- Chief ethics officers and internal audit dept.
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OR: implementation and HRM practice
6 steps
- 1. articulate OR vision and values
- 2. identify, prioritize expectations
- develop OR initiatives
- train employees to exhibit OR
- 5. institutionalize strategic responsibility management
- monitor and report SRM
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What is meant by ethics?
conforming to moral standasrds or to professional conduct standards
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Privacy-
controlling use of personal information, freedom to act in manner free of regulation or surveillance
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Confidentiality
info. not disclosed to others, as result law, rules, professional or scientific relationship
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Ethical Choice-
decision based on risk and gain to everyone involved, decision made openly and mutually, considering own and interests of others
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Validity
within the contect, justification for use and interpretation of assessment instrument
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ethics and hrm
particular sensitivities
- employee privacy
- testing and evaluation
- hrm research
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Safeguarding employee privacy
- set up guidelines
- notify emp. of guidelines
- know state and federal privacy laws
- establish policy preventing employees from waiving their rights to privacy
- state consequences for policy violations
- allow emp. to authorize info. disclosure and maintenance
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HR and fair info. practice
Articulate, communicate, implement
- 1. limit info.
- 2. inform emp.
- 3. adopt procedures
- 4. allow viewing, corrections
- 5. limit internal use of info.
- 6. limit external disclosures
- 7. review compliance procedures
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employee physical privacy guidelines
- 1. searches only for business safety
- 2. avoid random searches
- 3. include all types of searches
- 4. avoid adequate notice
- 5.dont touch the emp. while searching or limit to "effects" (pockets)
- 6. have witnesses
- 7. conduct search respefully
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An ethical person profile
- 1. member of a complaint sensitive org.
- 2. hold professional position
- 3. positive about their work
- 4. have tenure
- 5. recognized for good performance
- 6. females tend to behave ethically, males will stand up for ethics
- 7. member large work group
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ethics of participant protetion
- right to informed consent
- right toprivacy
- right to confidentiality
- right to protection from deception
- right to debriefing
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ethic strategies for organizational research
- role ambiguity
- role conflict
- abiguous and or conflicting norms
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role ambiguity
no being sure of role
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role conflict
performing one role can hinder completing additional role
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