Towards Extending the Ethical Dimension of Human Resource Management

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E n d u r in g in te r e st in th e ‘s o c i a l ’ a s p e c t o f th e e th ic a l d im e n s io n o f H u m a n R e s o u r c e M a n a g e m e n t (H R M ) o n e m p lo y e e s a n d s o c ie t y is a p o s it iv e tr en d to w a r d s h u m a n ity . T o m a in ta in j u s t ic e , fa ir n e s s a n d w e ll- b e in g to w a r d s its sta k e h o ld e r s, it is n e c e s s a r y fo r an o r g a n iz a tio n to p e r fo rm H R M f u n c tio n s e th ic a lly . A u th o r s id e n tifie d tw o p o s s ib le m e a n in g s to th e e th ic a l d im e n s io n o f H R M . In a d d itio n to th e a b o v e , a s e c o n d p o s s ib le c o n n o ta tio n w a s r e c o g n iz e d , an d la b e le d a s ‘E th ic a l O r ie n ta tio n o f H R M or E O H R M ’ . T h is is ‘to d ir e c t H R M fu n c tio n s to c r e a te , e n h a n c e a n d m a in ta in e th ic a lity w ith in e m p lo y e e s , to m a k e an e th ic a l w o r k fo r c e in th e o r g a n iz a tio n ’. E O H R M is c o n c e p tu a liz e d b a se d o n th r e e d im e n s io n s : a c q u ir e , d e v e lo p an d reta in . E le m e n ts o f E O H R M are th e fu n c tio n s o f th e s e th r e e H R M fie ld s . E th ic a l c h a r a c te r is tic s w o u ld b e e m b e d d e d in to e le m e n t s a n d q u e s tio n ite m s o f th e in str u m e n t, in o rd er to m e a su r e E O H R M . It s e e m s th at th is c o n c e p t h a s b e e n u n e x p lo r e d b y s c h o la r s in th e e x is te n t H R M litera tu re. T h is a r tic le a tte m p ts t o b r id g e th is k n o w le d g e g a p t o a s ig n if ic a n t e x te n t. E O H R M is o ffe r e d a s a n o v e l c o n c e p t to H R M a r c h ite c tu r e , a n d it g iv e s fa v o r a b le d ir e c tio n s to w a r d s fu tu re r e se a r c h .