Ethics in Human Resource Management
Of all the organizational issues or problems, ethical issues are the most difficult ones to handle or deal with. Issues arise in employment, remuneration, and benefits, industrial relations and health and safety. Cash and Compensation Plans There are ethical issues pertaining to the salaries, executive perquisites, and the annual incentive plans, etc. The HR manager is often under pressure to raise the band of base salaries. There is increased pressure upon the HR function to pay out more incentives to the top management and the justification for the same is put as the need to retain the latter. Further ethical issues crop in HR when long term compensation and incentive plans are designed in consultation with the CEO or an external consultant. While deciding upon the payout there is pressure on favoring the interests of the top management in comparison to that of other employees and stakeholders. Race, gender and Disability In many organizations, until recently the employees were dif