scholarly journals Managing Organisational Ethics: Professionalism, Duty and HR Practitioners

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Segon
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Organisational Ethics ◽  
The Us ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
Compliance Officers ◽  
The Individual

After almost 20 years of researching, teaching and consulting in business and organisational ethics, this emerging field seems to be facing an organisational dilemma. Who should manage the ethics and integrity systems that are slowly being adopted by Australian firms?During consulting engagements with numerous Australian businesses it has become clear that the task of managing ethics and integrity systems, i.e. creation of codes of ethics, ethics committees, information programs, conducting of audits, etc, more often than not seems to be delegated to Human Resources Managers and their Departments. This trend appears to be unique to the Australian setting and contrary to the US where Ethics Officers and Compliance Officers assume this role.The purpose of this paper is to consider the question of who is appropriate to manage the ethics function in the Australian context. A literature review will examine the concept of professionalism and what characteristics and duties qualifies an occupation as a profession. In particular it will identify the role of knowledge and the existence of an organisation or association that regulates and licences the individual to operate as a professional. It will then identify the roles, responsibilities and characteristics of ethics officers so as to determine the knowledge required to undertake this task in an organisation setting.Given the predisposition to delegate this function to Human Resources practitioners in Australian Organisations, a review of formal Postgraduate Human Resources programs at the major Australian Universities will be undertaken. The objective of this task is to determine whether such programs contain any specific ethics content, in particular the creation of codes of ethics, codes of conduct, ethics training and the conducting of ethics audits. This will establish whether Australian Human Resource professions are sufficiently equipped with the knowledge and capabilities required to undertake this function through their formal education.

scholarly journals Hubungan Motivasi Kerja dan Sistem Pengembangan Pegawai Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai di Koperasi Dharmayukti Pengadilan Tata Usaha Negara Palembang

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Wendy Liana
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Private Agency ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
The Individual

<em><span lang="EN-US">Employees are the most important assets in an agency, so that quality improvement needs to be an important concern in an effort to achieve agency goals effectively and efficiently. In every management activity, efforts should be made to align the goals of employees so that in the end the objectives of the agency can be achieved as much as possible. Performance appraisal is the most reliable tool for managers to control human resources and productivity. Performance appraisal can be used effectively in directing employee behavior, in order to produce high quality and volume of human resources. Managers can use the operational performance process to set the direction of work in selecting, training, guiding career planning, and rewarding competent employees. The essence of employment is basically regulation, potential mobilization, motivation process, and human resource development in fulfilling satisfaction through his work. This is useful for achieving the goals of the individual, organization, or community in which he works. Decisions made regarding manpower are strongly influenced by the philosophy adopted by the leader regarding labor empowerment. For example, views on work motivation, and the concept of labor. From this point of view, an employment pattern will be formed that is adjusted to the image of the leader. Every government and private agency will always try to improve the effectiveness of employees' work. This can be done by developing employee work. Most leaders are very supportive of employee development. The lower the job level, the more labor supply there is. The positions leading to special skills are not filled because of the lack of employees who meet the requirements. A person is trained to carry out the basic arrangements essential for the job, the most common types of training being fieldwork, meetings or discussions.</span></em>

Guiding Students in Assessing Ethical Behavior in the Pharmaceutical Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Michael J. Murphy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Codes Of Practice ◽  
The Us ◽  
Rule Breaking ◽  
Us Fda ◽  
Ethical Failures

Holistic ethics education in the professions is never fully served by a reliance on regulatory compliance alone. Data obtained from penalties due to corporate non-compliance in specific professions rarely describe the underlying ethical failures that are the foundation for “rule-breaking” in the professions. However, “violations” data may serve as a springboard for an educational discussion and approach that helps professionals (and those studying to become professionals) to understand the basic moral reasoning that underlies the “good” that is served by adhering to professional Codes of Conduct, Codes of Practice, Codes of Ethics, and the professional regulatory environment. We here use data obtained from the US FDA, US DOJ, and from Violations Tracker and compare these data with the IFPMA (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association) Ethos and guiding principles. These side-by-side linkages serve as a mechanism to help students assess which ethical principles are at the core of each such violation in the pharmaceutical industry. We further recommend that this approach be incorporated into ethics education, especially beginning at the undergraduate level, as prophylaxis to ethical lapses in later professional life.

Organizations as Social Networks

2015 ◽  
pp. 110-121
Author(s):  
Robert J. Blomme ◽  
Jan Morsch
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Compliance Officers ◽  
The Individual

This chapter examines the role of the change manager in implementing compliance rules and codes of conduct within organizations. Various lines of enquiry from sociology and constructivist psychology are used to develop a perspective on organizations and organizational change. The role of the change manager is then discussed based on this perspective. In developing this perspective, various insights are offered that can be used by compliance officers and managers responsible for implementing rules and codes of conduct in order to reflect on their own actions. The chapter argues that equivocality and legitimacy are important conditions for successful implementation. The chapter also suggests that the implementation of rules and codes of conduct is not an activity generic to an organization, but a set of interventions generally specifically targeted at the individual, with the group serving as a point of leverage for change.

Small talk as work talk: Enacting the patient-centered approach in nurse-practitioner-patient visits

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staci Defibaugh
Keyword(s):  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Medical Visit ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Small Talk ◽  
Medical Visits ◽  
Relational Work ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Patient Relationships

Small talk in medical visits has received ample attention; however, small talk that occurs at the close of a medical visit has not been explored. Small talk, with its focus on relational work, is an important aspect of medical care, particularly so considering the current focus in the US on the patient-centered approach and the desire to construct positive provider– patient relationships, which have been shown to contribute to higher patient satisfaction and better health outcomes. Therefore, even small talk that is unrelated to the transactional aspect of the medical visit in fact serves an important function. In this article, I analyze small talk exchanges between nurse practitioners (NPs) and their patients which occur after the transactional work of the visit is completed. I focus on two exchanges which highlight different interactional goals. I argue that these examples illustrate a willingness on the part of all participants to extend the visit solely for the purpose of constructing positive provider–patient relationships. Furthermore, because exchanges occur after the ‘work’ of the visit has been completed, they have the potential to construct positive relationships that extend beyond the individual visit.

Comparative Management of Human Resources between USA and Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Evelyne Ingrid Mitu ◽  
Mile Vasic
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Japanese Management ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Comparative Management ◽  
The Us ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
National Economies

Abstract Despite the differences between Japanese and styles, both will have a huge impact on their national economies. In terms of cultural management styles will continue to present significant differences. Although nothing is certain, both Americans and Japanese must continue to adapt their management styles to maintain global competitiveness. In general, human resources, labor relations within organizations are mainly features that differentiate the Japanese management system of other countries, especially the US.

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CASE STUDY OF 2012 INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKES ON THAILAND’S

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raya Muttarak ◽  
Wiraporn Pothisiri
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
Individual Household ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Individual

In this paper we investigate how well residents of the Andaman coast in Phang Nga province, Thailand, are prepared for earthquakes and tsunami. It is hypothesized that formal education can promote disaster preparedness because education enhances individual cognitive and learning skills, as well as access to information. A survey was conducted of 557 households in the areas that received tsunami warnings following the Indian Ocean earthquakes on 11 April 2012. Interviews were carried out during the period of numerous aftershocks, which put residents in the region on high alert. The respondents were asked what emergency preparedness measures they had taken following the 11 April earthquakes. Using the partial proportional odds model, the paper investigates determinants of personal disaster preparedness measured as the number of preparedness actions taken. Controlling for village effects, we find that formal education, measured at the individual, household, and community levels, has a positive relationship with taking preparedness measures. For the survey group without past disaster experience, the education level of household members is positively related to disaster preparedness. The findings also show that disaster related training is most effective for individuals with high educational attainment. Furthermore, living in a community with a higher proportion of women who have at least a secondary education increases the likelihood of disaster preparedness. In conclusion, we found that formal education can increase disaster preparedness and reduce vulnerability to natural hazards.

A University Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Willetts
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Universities have a crucial role in the modern world. In England, entrance to universities is by nation-wide competition which means English universities have an exceptional influence on schools--a striking theme of the book. This important book first investigates the university as an institution and then tracks the individual on their journey to and through university. In A University Education, David Willetts presents a compelling case for the ongoing importance of the university, both as one of the great institutions of modern society and as a transformational experience for the individual. The book also makes illuminating comparisons with higher education in other countries, especially the US and Germany. Drawing on his experience as UK Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014, the author offers a powerful account of the value of higher education and the case for more expansion. He covers controversial issues in which he was involved from access for disadvantaged students to the introduction of L9,000 fees. The final section addresses some of the big questions for the future, such as the the relationship between universities and business, especially in promoting innovation.. He argues that the two great contemporary trends of globalisation and technological innovation will both change the university significantly. This is an authoritative account of English universities setting them for the first time in their new legal and regulatory framework.

Punk as Folk: Continuities and Tensions in the UK and Beyond

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pete Dale
Keyword(s):  
Folk Music ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Collective Creativity ◽  
Living Tradition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk

Numerous claims have been made by a wide range of commentators that punk is somehow “a folk music” of some kind. Doubtless there are several continuities. Indeed, both tend to encourage amateur music-making, both often have affiliations with the Left, and both emerge at least partly from a collective/anti-competitive approach to music-making. However, there are also significant tensions between punk and folk as ideas/ideals and as applied in practice. Most obviously, punk makes claims to a “year zero” creativity (despite inevitably offering re-presentation of at least some existing elements in every instance), whereas folk music is supposed to carry forward a tradition (which, thankfully, is more recognized in recent decades as a subject-to-change “living tradition” than was the case in folk’s more purist periods). Politically, meanwhile, postwar folk has tended more toward a socialist and/or Marxist orientation, both in the US and UK, whereas punk has at least rhetorically claimed to be in favor of “anarchy” (in the UK, in particular). Collective creativity and competitive tendencies also differ between the two (perceived) genre areas. Although the folk scene’s “floor singer” tradition offers a dispersal of expressive opportunity comparable in some ways to the “anyone can do it” idea that gets associated with punk, the creative expectation of the individual within the group differs between the two. Punk has some similarities to folk, then, but there are tensions, too, and these are well worth examining if one is serious about testing out the common claim, in both folk and punk, that “anyone can do it.”

The great Chinese surprise: the rupture with the United States is real and is happening

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-437
Author(s):  
Xiangfeng Yang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Pendulum Swing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Trade War ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Ample evidence exists that China was caught off guard by the Trump administration's onslaught of punishing acts—the trade war being a prime, but far from the only, example. This article, in addition to contextualizing their earlier optimism about the relations with the United States under President Trump, examines why Chinese leaders and analysts were surprised by the turn of events. It argues that three main factors contributed to the lapse of judgment. First, Chinese officials and analysts grossly misunderstood Donald Trump the individual. By overemphasizing his pragmatism while downplaying his unpredictability, they ended up underprepared for the policies he unleashed. Second, some ingrained Chinese beliefs, manifested in the analogies of the pendulum swing and the ‘bickering couple’, as well as the narrative of the ‘ballast’, lulled officials and scholars into undue optimism about the stability of the broader relationship. Third, analytical and methodological problems as well as political considerations prevented them from fully grasping the strategic shift against China in the US.

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