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    The document discusses several ethical issues that may arise in an HR department, including performance appraisals, employment practices, and workplace safety. Performance appraisals can introduce bias if not based on objective observations. HR managers may face pressure to hire friends or relatives of executives. They also have to determine appropriate consequences when applicants falsify credentials but have strong job skills. Maintaining a safe working environment is also important, as production processes can lead to accidents without proper precautions. The document suggests HR managers focus on cultural understanding, strategic planning, communication, and ensuring fair compensation and performance reviews.

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    The document discusses several ethical issues that may arise in an HR department, including performance appraisals, employment practices, and workplace safety. Performance appraisals can introduce bias if not based on objective observations. HR managers may face pressure to hire friends or relatives of executives. They also have to determine appropriate consequences when applicants falsify credentials but have strong job skills. Maintaining a safe working environment is also important, as production processes can lead to accidents without proper precautions. The document suggests HR managers focus on cultural understanding, strategic planning, communication, and ensuring fair compensation and performance reviews.

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    The document discusses several ethical issues that may arise in an HR department, including performance appraisals, employment practices, and workplace safety. Performance appraisals can introduce bias if not based on objective observations. HR managers may face pressure to hire friends or relatives of executives. They also have to determine appropriate consequences when applicants falsify credentials but have strong job skills. Maintaining a safe working environment is also important, as production processes can lead to accidents without proper precautions. The document suggests HR managers focus on cultural understanding, strategic planning, communication, and ensuring fair compensation and performance reviews.

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    Ethical Issues in HR Department

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    Ilavarasan Dayalan
    The document discusses several ethical issues that may arise in an HR department, including performance appraisals, employment practices, and workplace safety. Performance appraisals can introduce bias if not based on objective observations. HR managers may face pressure to hire friends or relatives of executives. They also have to determine appropriate consequences when applicants falsify credentials but have strong job skills. Maintaining a safe working environment is also important, as production processes can lead to accidents without proper precautions. The document suggests HR managers focus on cultural understanding, strategic planning, communication, and ensuring fair compensation and performance reviews.

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    Ethical Issues in

    HR Department

    Cash and incentives plans
    This includes base salaries, annual incentive plans, long term
    incentive plans, executive perquisites, and separation
    agreements.
    Performance Appraisal
    Performance appraisal lends itself to ethical issues.
    Assessment of an individual's performance is based on
    observation and judgment . HR manager are expected to
    observe the performance in order to judge its effectiveness.
    Ethics should be the cornerstone of performance evaluation,
    and the overall objective of high ethical performance
    reviews should to provide an honest assessment of the
    performance and mutually develops a plan to improve the
    rate's effectiveness.
    Employment Issues
    While discrimination and harassment situation receives mort
    publicity, HR practitioners are more likely to face ethical
    dilemmas in the areas of employee hiring.
    One challenge commonly encountered is pressure to hire a
    relative o a friend of a highly placed executive. Another area
    related to employment is that of faked credentials submitted
    by a job applicant.
    While discovery of this kind of fabrication usually leads to
    termination of the employment, the choice becomes difficult
    when the applicant has a blend of skills set and a proven
    track record with his or her previous employers
    Safety and health
    in production processes requiring high temperature.
    Accidents, injuries and illnesses are likely to occur under these
    circumstances. Over past decade, new categories of accident
    and illness have emerged, including the fast growing job
    safety problem of office injuries.
    Suggestions for HR Manager
    Recruitment and Selection:
    An HR Manager should understand cultural differences
    in the recruitment process, the selection of candidates
    and what motivates employees in various cultures is
    crucial to the success of organizations. He has to take
    decisions strictly according to the policies of the
    organization.
    Leadership
    Strategic Planning
    Network Building etc.
    Flexibility
    Team work
    Communication
    Competencies required for HR Managers:
    Compensation Management :
    In compensation management a manager should keep in
    mind that there should be proper remuneration for each
    and every employee on the basis of his or her skills. There
    should be no discrimination on the basis of race , gender
    or region .so it is duty of HR manager to ensure that there
    should be equality among the employees.

    Performance Management:
    An HR Manager should ensure that the performance
    system should be fair and should be communicated to the
    employees.

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