Ethic, Justice and Fair

Treatment
The Conscience of the
Organization
HRM
 Ethic Defined
Conduct governing an individual or a
group; specifically the standards used to
decide what your conduct should be.
The bar set by the law is to low (Estenson)
Define Fair
 Forms of Justice
Distributive Justice
Was the result of the decision fair
Procedural Justice
Was the process used to make the decision
fair
Interaction or Interpersonal Justice
Way leaders conduct themselves in the
treatment of employees
 Factors Helping to Shape Ethical
Behavior
The person
The organizations culture
The Boss
 Solid Framework
Is it legal?
Is it right?
Who will be affected?
Does it align with our values?
How will it feel afterward?
Guilt and Shame in Western Cultures
How will it look on the front page of the Bee
How will it change the way the organization is
viewed by the public?
 Organizational Culture
The invisible glue that holds an organization
together (Estenson)
Values, traditions, and shared behaviors
Values
I would resign or close the company before I would do
it. Anything else is just poetry. (Estenson)
Leaders and Managers model the behavior, set
the expectations and enforce the standards.
 Managing Perceptions
Engage people in a conversation about
the issue
Explain your actions
Clarify expectations
 Employee Discipline
Slaves and Indentured Servants
Free to quit and free to fire
Expectation of fair treatment
Job as a right
 Grounds for Dismissal
Performance
Misconduct
Gross to repeated inappropriate
Lack of qualifications
Changed job requirements or elimination
of the job
Possibility of personal liability for actions
as an agent of the company
 Layoffs and Work Realignment
60 days notice if you have 100 or more
employees
Downsizing
Mergers and Acquisitions