MBA Yvonne

The Ethical Context of HRM Human Resources managers were often thought as the control apparatus of the employing organizations and their sole purpose was to keep the “organizational show on the road”, but, as organizations evolve and gain awareness of ethical issues, they realize the importance of these professionals as “ethical agents”. (Ewing and Tharp, 2003) We choose to focus on these professionals for two main reasons: Firstly, conventional wisdom suggests that “HR related jobs are a laboratory of ethical scenarios, particularly due to the high degree of role-multiplicity” (Wooten, 2001) thus it becomes important to examine the scenarios in which HR professionals are often involved in and gather valuable observations to help them ponder and enhance their ability to deal effectively with ethical problems. Secondly, while philosophers became active in researching business ethics in the 1960s and 1970s, business ethics has been a staple of Catholic thinkin...