Professionalism and ethics go hand in hand, and practitioners’ ability to recognise and resolve ethical dilemmas is fundamental to remaining effective and gaining the trust of key stakeholders. In this section you’ll find information on ethical decision-making as well as perspectives on trust and fairness.
Ethics and corporate responsibility
Providing information on ethical decision-making as well as perspectives on trust and fairness
Ethics
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Perspectives on ethical workplace decision-making
A review focused on helping practitioners navigate their choices about designing and implementing HR systems and practices
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Best to good practice HR: developing the principles
Informs the work on defining and testing a new set of principles that will help HR professionals make better decisions
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HR and Business Ethics
Should HR be the conscience of the organisation? In the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, this roundtable explores the role HR should play in developing and enforcing business ethics in their organisation.
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Business ethics and the role of HR
Explore the role HR plays in applying ethical values to business behaviour
Corporate responsibility
A responsible organisation conducts business ethically and takes account of its economic, social and environmental impact. Here you'll find resources on HR's role in fostering corporate responsibility, responsible and sustainable businesses.
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The role of HR in corporate responsibility
A report examining the HR function's role in embedding corporate responsibility in all areas of the business
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HR's role in responsible and sustainable business
Explores the issues around what it means to be a responsible, sustainable business
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Corporate responsibility and HR
What does responsible business look like today? We chat with IBM, Aviva and Three-legged Stool to find out what role HR can play in encouraging corporate responsibility and embedding it in their business strategy.
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Corporate responsibility: an introduction
Introductory guidance focusing on putting corporate responsibility into action in the workplace
Trust and fairness
Access a range of resources that look at trust and fairness within the workplace.
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The changing contours of fairness
Looks at the nature and incidences of (un)fairness in the workplace and maps the contours of fairness through six core fairness ‘lenses’
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Where has all the trust gone?
We re-examine the issue of trust, why it matters, and what can be done to repair it
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Is there truly a trust crisis or is it all just rhetoric?
Levels of trust in organisations, and in the wider society, have fallen dramatically in recent years. This podcast explores the extent of this trust crisis and asks what HR can do to build cultures of trust in their business.