Current Ethical Issues In        Human Resource

There are many ethical issues that are faced by the Human Resource department in the current time.Some of the current ethical issues faced by the human resource department are:

[1] Employment Issues:

HR professionals are facing a maximum number ofethical dilemmas in the areas of hiring of employees,Because their  main duty is to recruit and appoint new employees as well as to work for the good will of employees.

(a)Problems faced by HR related to employees:

Ø Pressure to hire a friend or relative.

Ø  Fake credentials submitted by a job applicants

Ø Discovery that an employee who has been with the organisation for some time, is skilled and has established a successful record, had faked about his educational credentials.
    

[2]Cash and Incentive Plans:

Cash and incentive plans consists of issues like basic salaries, annual increments , executive perquisites and long term incentive plans.

Ø difference in salary scales due to gender difference.

Ø  company may  face financial problems at the time of giving increments.

[3] Employees Discriminations:

The problem of discrimination among employees on the basis of their caste, sex, religion, disability,  occurs . A crucial ethical challenge arises when there is more pressure on the HR manager to protect the firm or an individual at the expense of someone belonging to the group which is  discriminated.

[4] Privacy

Human resources are involved in most of employee relations including hiring, firing, compensation, benefits etc.. Human resources representatives have access to the most sensitive informations. Keeping this information private is an ethical issue. Human resources managers have a duty to maintain the confidentiality of an employee's personal information.

 [5] Safety

Employee safety is a major issue faced by human resource managers. The department must prevent such situations. Human resources must act on dangerous conditions that concerns safety issue in the organisation.  

[6]  Diversity

Workplace diversity faces various qualities, characteristics and experiences that evaluates one worker from another. Treating an employee differently because of these differences creates an ethical issu. HR managers implement policies that promotes diversity in the organisation and welcome the different charecteristics of the entire organisation.

[7] Sharing Personal Information

Human resources files are to be stored in secure locations and should be made available only during management review. Sharing personal information with anyone else inside or outside the company without the concern of  a supervisor presents an ethical issue.

Current

     Unethical Issues In HR

There are many unethical practises done or faced by HR departement or managers,some of such practises are:

[1] Disguised Salaries:

 This is the major unethical problem where the salary that is offered is misquoted. The extent of difference between the actual salary in-hand and the one quoted at the time of recruitment ranges from lakhs to  thousands . The senior employees and the higher managers have  learnt their lessons by passing through many hurdles and will search about salary fixation.

 [2] Training Policy

All HR departments have training related problems  as training is one of the main function of HR. Only a few HR managers are able to do this function in the overall management of the organization thus, actually targeting learning and development strategy.  when training is not in a systematic manner  it loses all significance in the minds of workers.

[3] Job Descriptions

Most organizations today makes a good a and clear job descriptions and job specifications. However, the actual application of these Job descriptions remains rare with most  managers preferring to use a far good flexible approach. when the job descriptions are not prepared in a true manner it creates issues.

 [4]  Direct Line to CEO:

 Many companies offer direct communication to the CEO or the HR Director through their emails t. It is one of the good HR policiewhich has become unethical  in a few organizations. What happens is that the employee who dares to reach  the CEO or HR Director is penalized by  and the HR department 

[5] Harassment:

Harassment is creating a big issue for the employee to perform his duties. Harassment  are resorted by the bosses or co-workers with many motives. Harassment in an organisation is common 

[6] Unlimited Hours of Work:

Since last 15 years and more  there is a revolution in working hours. there is a huge violation in the working hours because many organisations are forcing employees for more hours of work which make employees unmotivated.