areas of HRM such as benefits, recruitment, and termination. HRM must stay up-to-date with legislation so that the organization is compliant and avoids costly penalties. Federal Regulations Federal laws cover the whole scope of employment, from hiring to termination. These regulations prescribe standards for wages and hours, safety and health, health benefits, retirement, workers’ compensation, working conditions, and discrimination. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The
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Ethical Issues and Management Paper Latiffia Stroman XMGT/216 September 25, 2011 Elizabeth Berg Ethical Issues and Management Paper There are times when a manager or supervisor doesn’t know how to deal with an ethical issue in the workplace. Some managers feel they need to break company’s rules if they want good performance or results. Some of them feel like they have to be friends with their employees versus their supervisor in order to get them to work on time or for them to perform their
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Business Courses INTRODUCTION Teaching business ethics requires an understanding of the organizational dimensions of ethical decisionmaking. Although most people believe that employees learn to be ethical at home and school and through life experiences, the work environment creates challenges for even the most ethical person. For example, employees cannot always make independent ethical decisions due to a corporate culture that has many types of managers and employees using their own concepts of right
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Dale MGT/216 Global Business Ethics-Nike’s Sweatshops Nike is a worldwide sports name in wear and equipment. So, why is Nike’s ethics in question? Has greed and publicity become their motto at any costs? Nike spends multimillion dollars a year hiring well-known athletes to advertise their products yet cannot seem to stay out of the media’s eye of their contracting or subcontracting techniques of their products to be built in third world countries. In 1996, Nike has been charged by critics with
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What is Ethical Hacking Ethical hacking provides a way to determine the security of an information technology environment – at least from a technical point of view. As the name ethical hacking already tells, the idea has something to do with hacking. But what does “hacking” mean “The word hacking has two definitions. The first definition refers to the hobby/profession of working with computers. The second definition refers to breaking into computer systems. While the first definition is
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1. What ethical issues faced by MNCs in their treatment of foreign workers could bring allegations of misconduct in their operations? • Ethical issues may include the violation of fundamental human rights of ‘sweatshop’ workers such as freedom, speech and discrimination. The treatment of their workers could be deemed ‘unethical’ by media who construe this view to consumers. Such allegations can and will have damaging effects with Nike having been taken to court already in the past. 2. Would
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preferences can impact organizational ethics. Ethics is a tough subject, as it is man that determines what is or is not ethical. Culture, local customs, race, age, all of these human aspects can change what is ethical to whomever is looking at a given situation. This makes deciding what is or is not ethical difficult. There is no definite right or wrong answer regarding ethical issues due to the fact that it involves individual perceptions. In other words, behaviors that some people perceive as ethically
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responsibility. (Certo, 2013). An example of parity principle is if I hired a contractor to build a house and I was the one picking the material and hiring workers for the job. When giving the task of building the home to the contractor, he accepts the responsibility for completing the task. The contractor also had the authority to hire his labors. By hiring the contractor I am giving the contractor the full authority and responsibility to build the house. The second principle is the unity of command
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.…………6 Relating to Social Justice Theory….………………………………………..…………6 Section B Identifying Facts…………………………………………………………………….…..7 Ethical issues involved…………………………………………………………………8 Identifying stakeholders…..……………………………………………………….…..9 Consider the available alternatives……………………………………………….…..9 Compare and Weigh the Alternatives ……………..………………………………..10 Making the ethical decision …………………………………………………………..17 Monitor the outcomes.…………………………………………………………………17 Section C Recommendations…………………………………………
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Rachael Jones Human Resources Consultant 1/24/2011 Case 1 Donald Penchiala Staffing Services Director Tanglewood Inc. Mr Penchiala, I am replying to your request to review Tanglewood’s current strategic staffing decisions. After researching the company’s history as well as Tanglewood’s current and potential competitors, I have broken down the 13 sections you asked me to review. Each section will be weighed differently based on the company’s mission and values: Acquire or Develop Talent
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