Global Ethics for Leadership: Values and Virtues for Life

 

Ethics in Human Resources (HR) is essential for maintaining trust, fairness, and transparency in the workplace. In today’s interconnected world, ethical leadership is more crucial than ever. Global leaders must navigate complex cultural, social, and political landscapes while upholding core values that promote fairness, integrity, and respect. Global ethics in leadership involves understanding and acting according to principles that transcend national boundaries, focusing on universal human rights, environmental sustainability, and equity. Leaders are expected to demonstrate values such as honesty, accountability, and transparency, fostering trust and guiding organizations with a moral compass.

Ethics in Recruitment A company should act ethically while  advertising for job opportunities in the organization. They should ensure that the advertisement contains true information about the job rather than unrealistic information meant to attract the targeted applicant. The management should also ensure that  they actually follow  the due process  in recruitment. For instance,  the company should not  use  vacancy  advertisements  as  a  mere  PR  process,  while  recruiting  employees through other unacceptable means. A case in point is when the management advertises vacancy for the public to apply, yet they have already picked on a candidate to fill the position (Köster, 2007).

Ethics in the functions of HRM Human resource department stands as the central entity that should lead in inculcating ethical principles in an organization. For an organization to adhere to ethical standards it depends more on cooperation of its employees. These include meeting the public expectations on ethics and adhering to ethical regulations set by the government and other private bodies. However, this practice must begin by handling employees ethically and introducing the ethical principles at the  time  of  recruitment  and  all  through the  period  the employee  will  be  engaged  to  the organization. Therefore, ethics should be part of the HRM functions (Köster, 2007)

Ethics in Selection and Orientation During  selection  the  HR  panel  needs  to  examine  and  discuss  the  values  of  prospective employees and use the findings of that process to make selection decisions. During orientation the company should  emphasize  the values  that are  upheld  by the  organization so  that the employee can carry on with those values if selected. The staff at the human resource department should always show the importance of ethics in the organization. The potential employee is likely to come in to contact first with employees in this department before anyone else. This means that the new member will form his/her perception about the organization through their interaction.