Chapter 4: Beyond Rhetoric and Bureaucracy: Using HRM to Add Ethical Value

This chapter focuses on using human resource management (HRM) to improve ethical conduct in organizations. We begin with a general consideration of the status of ethical conduct in organizations. We then address three core topics: 1) highlighting the importance of ethical conduct, 2) directions for improving ethical conduct, and 3) measuring ethical conduct. We then offer implications of the approach for researchers, practitioners, and educators.

Let us begin with a brief quiz! Do not worry, it is not going to be hard, it will not take long, and there really are not any right or wrong answers. Consider the following True or False items.