"In the business and economic spheres, many of the most pressing ethical issues involve the employment relationship, such as the rights of employees versus shareholders, employee privacy and monitoring, whistleblowing, pay equity, discrimination, employee safety, anti-union campaigns, and minimum labor standards. Since the field of human resources and industrial relations is ultimately about people and quality of life, there is a pressing need to develop applications of business ethics for the employment relationship in the context of research, practice, and teaching."—From the PrefaceIn recent years, by following media coverage of many scandals of accounting and accountability, the public has gained a greater understanding of what can happen when businesses do not adhere to ethical practices. It is now time for the human resources and industrial relations communities to explore the application of ethics to the employment relationship and to discover the importance of treating employees, not just numbers, properly.
| ISBN: | 9780913447901 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2005 |
| Author: | John W. Budd |
| Publisher: | ILR Press an imprint of Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 350 pages |
| Series: | LERA Research Volumes |
| Genres: |
Personnel and human resources management Industrial relations, occupational health and safety |