Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Muteness in the HRM Profession

Sára Csillag ()
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Sára Csillag: Institute of Management, Budapest Business School, Hungary

Society and Economy, 2019, vol. 41, issue 1, 125-144

Abstract: What does ethics mean in human resource management (HRM)? In this paper, based on the results of action research projects conducted with the participation of 76 HR experts in five groups, we provide insights into two issues. First we identify the most common dilemma-patterns in HRM activities in present-day Hungary (dismissal, disciplinary actions, recruitment and organizational culture). Then, we move on to the reasons for moral silence as identified by HRM experts (among others, a lack of ethical knowledge, the lifelessness of the ethical institutional framework, ignorance and fear, power games and buck-passing).

Keywords: human resource management; ethic; moral muteness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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