Ethics and Human Resources Management International Project Week Metropolia Business School - Helsinki May 2011

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1 Ethics and Human Resources Management International Project Week Metropolia Business School - Helsinki May 2011 Session 4 : Ethics and HRM Processes IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 1

2 Ethics and HRM Processes 1/ Ethics and the recruitment process 2/ Equity and compensation policies 3/Ethics and lay-offs 4/ Moral harassment IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 2

3 I/ Ethics and recruitment process IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 3

4 Ethical recruitment process Recruitment is strictly legally framed in Europe to garantee employee s fundamental rights: Respect of private life Selection on non-discrimination reasons Selection on criteria directly related to skills Open evaluation process towards candidate IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 4

5 Ethics in the various steps of recruitment Job description Sourcing of candidates Selection of candidates File and data based management Type of contract IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 5

6 2/ Equity and compensation policy IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 6

7 The triple balance of compensations Financial balance Control the wage bill Internal balance Need for internal equity External balance Need for external equity Adapted from Crozet and Martory IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 7

8 The legal framework of compensation The legal framework is based on equality principle. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights recognizes the right to equal pay for equal work and to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for the worker and the worker's family am existence worthy of human dignity. Two approaches: non discrimination and equality In the European Union Law there is a reverse burden of proof in terms of discrimination and equality IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 8

9 Equity theory The Equity theory (Adams 1963) Employees compare their contributions to their outcomes The ratio outcomes/contributions is compared to the perceived inputs and outcomes of other employees Unequal balances lead people to feel distressed: overpaid worker will feel guilty while underpaid worker will feel angry These unpleasant emotions leads to effort to restore equity IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 9

10 Organizational justice (Greenberg 1987) Distributive justice Outcome of the process Procedural justice Processes by which wages are determinated Interactional justice Quality of the treatment that an individual receives IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 10

11 Organizational justice and collective /individual approach of compensation Collective approach of compensation: salary scales to legitimize salary hierarchy Individual approach: reliable systems of performance evaluation are needed Remuneration of skills: new form of relationship between the employers and the employees IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 11

12 Compensation policies and ethical behavior in the workplace The consequences of the perceived injustice on employees loyalty The impact of evaluation criteria on employees behavior IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 12

13 III/ Ethics and dismissal IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 13

14 Ethics and dismissal Ethical conditions of dismissal Is it ethical to fire people when a company is making profit? Ethical dilemma as whom should be made redundant An extrem case: to force an employee to resign because of moral harassment IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 14

15 Bullying and Harassment Bullying refers to offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behavior, an abuse or misuse of power through means intended to undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient Harassment :Unwanted conduct affecting the dignity of men and women in the workplace. Clements and Spinks, the equal opportunity handbook 2010 IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 15

16 Source : Gabs La crise je me marre IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 16

17 Source : Gabs La crise je me marre IPW Ethics and HRM - Anne Sachet-Milliat - ISC Paris 17