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Ethics for Human Resources Professionals

MGMT 859.50

HR professionals function as a key source of ethical awareness for managers and employees. This course reviews the role of HR professionals in advising others but also ethical issues faced by HR professionals.

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What you can learn.

Identify the parts of an HR professional's job in which ethical issues are likely to be experienced
Employ practical techniques to develop solutions, evaluate their impacts, and decide on a course of action
Recognize the impacts of cultural and organizational pressures to conform and the strategies to manage those impacts
Know the early warning signs of conflict between personal and work values
Assess how to maintain personal integrity

About this course:

Today's HR professionals function as a key source of ethical awareness for managers and employees. This course heightens awareness of when integrity and an understanding of ethical issues are required, not only when advising others, but also when addressing the issues HR professionals face. Instruction enables participants to recognize the parts of their jobs in which ethical issues are most likely to be experienced; they employ practical techniques to develop solutions, evaluate their impacts and decide on a course of action. Additionally, participants understand the impact of cultural and organizational pressures to conform, identify when to escalate issues and to whom, know the early warning signals of conflict between personal and work values and assess how to maintain personal integrity.