Unethical practices (favoritism) in the recruitment process and promotion of employee in corporation
Introduction
This research project is about the favoritism in the recruitment process and promotion of employee in corporation for the course Business Ethics (BUS 401). We would like to do this research as part of the requirement for the completion of the BUS 401 course.
One of the most basic arguments in ethics is fairness, stated this way by Aristotle: "Equals should be treated equally and unequal’s unequally."
Basically favoritism is just what it sounds like; it's favoring a person not because he or she is doing the best job but rather because of some unrelated feature-membership in a favored group, personal likes and dislikes, etc. Favoritism can be verified in hiring, honoring, or awarding contracts. A related idea is patronage, giving public service jobs to those who may have helped select the person who has the power of appointment.
Favoritism has always been an objection in government service. In 2002, a survey from the federal government's Office of Personnel Management found that only 36.1 percent of federal workers thought promotions in their work units were based on merit. (Government Executive Magazine, "Playing Favorites," by Brian Friel, October 2004). They believed that connections, devotion, and other factors played a role. in general, “being ethical” involves conducting yourself in accordance with accepted principles of right and wrong. Ethics is a subject of using integrity-based decision-making procedures to direct your decisions and actions. In the workplace, being ethical may rivet acting morally right, being honest, not cheating your employer, co-workers, or customers, not stealing from the supply closet, and generally treating your co-workers well. Other ethical situations may rivet harassment, inappropriate use of the Internet, outside