Ethical Issues In Selected Human Resource Management Practices And Sustainable Human Resource Management

Abstract

Ethics are the standards of right or wrong, good and bad which provide a framework for deciding on the appropriate or inappropriate behaviour. This can be enhanced by having clear and explicit legislation and policies, such as the Ethics and anti-corruption laws in Kenya which are meant to offer guidelines on ethical conduct. HR professional today faces many ethical dilemmas in organizations as they strive to help organization’s achieve their financial goals sometimes at the expense of ethical HR practices. This paper focuses on some specific Human Resource management practices and the ethical dilemmas that the HR professional faces. It is based on a literature analysis of some of the ethical issues facing HR practices in the areas of; Reward management, Labour relations, work practices as well as termination practices, training and development, performance appraisal, recruitment and selection, green HR practices and how this relates to sustainable to sustainable Human Resource Management practices.