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Background
Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest in cooperate
ethical performance. Some reasons for this trend include the increasing lack
Definitions
Ethics as defined by the Webster Dictionary is a branch of philosophy
dealing with values relating to human conduct with respect to the rightness
specific virtues.
the ethics reporting function. An effective ethics officer knows that it is also
business environment.
invited to join the team. They employ reward and punishment systems to
reinforce appropriate behaviour. They may use information gleaned from
exit interviews to support and improve the ethical environment. Apart from
human resource. Also, how employees are treated will largely determine the
companies are likely to face ethical dilemmas if HR does not exercise due
opinions. The organization's core values should be realistic and should not
problems, the character traits and motives needed to recognize them as such,
the ethical reasoning used to address them, as well as the substance of the
ethical principles on which such reasoning is based are all essentially core
HR functions today.
order for this to be done right it requires working across the organization