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Ethics, Employee Relations, and Fair Treatment at Work
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Learning Objectives 1. Explain what is meant by ethical behavior at work. 2. Discuss important factors that shape ethical behavior at work. 3. Describe at least four specific ways in 4-1414 can influence which HR management ethical behavior at work. 4. Employ fair disciplinary practices. 5. Explain what is meant by employee relations and what employers can do to improve it. Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Explain what is meant by 4-1414 ethical behavior at work.
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Basics of Ethics and Fair Treatment at Work • What is ethics?
• Ethics and the law • Ethics, public policy, and employee 4-1414
rights o Unalienable rights
o Public policy o Employment rights Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Basics of Ethics and Fair Treatment at Work • Workplace Unfairness o Ethics are seen as fair treatment • Why Treat Employees 4-1414Fairly? o Perceptions of fairness relate to employee commitment, satisfaction • Bullying and Victimization o www.stopbullying.gov/# Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Review • Ethics • The law • Unfair treatment
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• Public policy and employee rights • Bullying and Victimization
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Discuss important factors that shape ethical behavior 4-1414 at work.
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What Shapes Ethical Behavior at Work? • Three factors combine to determine the ethical choices we make • The person (bad apples) 4-1414 • Situations (bad cases) • Outside forces (bad barrels) o Pressures o Ethics policies and codes o Enforcement, whistleblowers, fraud controls o Organizational culture Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Guidelines When Managing Ethical Behavior at Work • Ethical behavior starts with moral awareness 4-1414
• Cultivating the right norms, leadership • Reward systems and culture • Morality comes from within • Openly talk about ethics Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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IMPROVING PERFORMANCE: HR Tools for Line Managers and Entrepreneurs • Studies show small enterprises can have unethical behavior like big firms • There are several reasons why small 4-1414 firms have to be alert to unethical behavior • Small firms don’t have the resources for ethics officers, ethics hotlines, or the ethics training that big firms have
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Review • Why do people do
bad things? • Research findings4-1414
suggest what managers can do
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Describe at least four specific ways in which HR management 4-1414 can influence ethical behavior at work.
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Using HR Tools to Promote Ethics and Fair Treatment • Selection
• Ethics training 4-1414 • Performance appraisal
• Reward and disciplinary systems • Managing ethics compliance
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Employee Privacy Policies • Employee privacy o The problem 4-1414
• Employee monitoring o Restrictions
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IMPROVING PERFORMANCE: HR as a Profit Center • Employee access to company network information systems is monitored 4-1414
• Employers ranging from United Parcel Service to the City of Oakland, California, use GPS units to monitor their truckers’ whereabouts—and therefore productivity Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Review • Selection
• Training • Performance
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• Rewards • Compliance and the law
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Employ fair disciplinary practices. 4-1414
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Managing Employee Discipline • Basics of a fair and just
disciplinary process 4-1414 o Rules and regulations
o Progressive penalties o Formal disciplinary appeals processes Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Discipline without Punishment 1. Oral reminder 2. Formal written reminder 3. Decision-making4-1414 leave 4. Purge suspension from file
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Review • Fairness • Unfair behavior • Rules and regulations 4-1414
• Penalties • Appeals
• Discipline, not punishment
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Explain what is meant by employee relations and what employers can do to 4-1414 improve it.
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Managing Employee Relations • What Is Employee Relations? o Positive employee–employer relationships contribute to productivity 4-1414
• Improving and assessing employee relations
through better communications o Organizational climate surveys
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Managing Employee Relations • Developing Employee
Recognition/Relations Programs • Creating Employee4-1414 Involvement Strategies
o Teams to gain employees’ involvement o Employee suggestions
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IMPROVING PERFORMANCE: HR as a Profit Center • A Lockheed Martin unit in Oswego, NY, has a program for streamlining processes • Ideas are electronically 4-1414 submitted • They are evaluated and approved by the local manager • Saves about $77,000 per implemented idea, or $100 million each year
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Review • Managing employee relations • Improving employee communications 4-1414
• Developing award programs • Strategic employee teams
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Translating Strategy into HR Policies and Practices •
List three more specific steps Hotel Paris
should take with respect to each 4-1414 individual human research function
(selection, training, and so on) to improve the level of ethics in the company.
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Translating Strategy into HR Policies and Practices • Based on what you learned in this chapter, write a short (less than one page) 4-1414
explanation Lisa can use to sell to top management the need to further improve the hotel chain’s fairness and justice processes. Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Hotel Paris Strategy Chapter 14
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