Overview

HR professionals are placed in a unique position to influence and advise organizational leaders and advocate for employees. HR professionals must use a great deal of judgment when performing not only functional tasks but also policy and advisory roles. It is important for HR professionals to understand organizational goals, mission, and values in order to hold leaders and employees accountable to those important organizational hallmarks.

In some cases, organizational leaders may begin to skew priorities away from established goals, missions, and values in order to placate shareholders – as opposed to balancing both stakeholder and shareholder needs.

It is important to understand both legal HR requirements and ethical actions and how to apply the concepts of power and a

Instructions

Determining when conflicts may emerge with legal and ethical actions is part of the duty of HR professionals. You will examine and evaluate several organizational situations in order to identify legal and ethical imbalances of actions vs. expectations, that is, identify when actions conflict with an organization’s established norms and standards.

For this assignment, you will examine and evaluate varied legal and ethical HR situations to develop suggestions for corrective actions in a 4-5 page proposal.

Part 1 Accountability

Propose accountability concepts for the following:

Examine Box. 3.3 – Case in Point: Cases of Corrupting the Moral Order (Ch. 3, Bierema); and address the following “As an HRD professional, what creative ways can you ensure employees are made aware of the compensation packages of executives as compared to their own?”

Create an argument, as an HR professional, to defend calling into question disruptions in the Moral Order (disruptions to established organizational mission, values, and goals) as it relates to executive compensation.

Part II Identifying Ethical Imbalances

1. Select two examples of when organizational values may differ from common moral and ethical standards.

Develop three questions in your own words that HR professionals may ask when making workplace ethical decisions.

• Propose several influences which must also be considered in making ethical decisions.

(HINT: see Bierema, Ch. 11, How Can HRD “Do” Accountability? A Framework for Taking Responsible Decisions).DOI: 10.4324/9780429280009-16

Part III Taking Action: Developing an Ethical Culture

• Develop a priority list of 3-4 actions you as an HR professional may take to establish an ethical culture in the workplace.
• (HINT see Bierema, Ch.11, Developing an Ethical Culture)

Part III Taking Action: Developing an Ethical Culture

Develop a priority list of 3-4 actions you as an HR professional may take to establish an ethical culture in the workplace.

1. (HINT see Bierema, Ch.11, Developing an Ethical Culture). DOI: 10.4324/9780429280009-16
2. Propose how you might introduce the actions you developed to leaders of an organization you are familiar with.
3. Provide a minimum of four scholarly or industry resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

• Propose how you might introduce the actions you developed to leaders of an organization you are familiar with.