5.7: Ethical considerations for HRD professionals

7.1: HRD pro. responsibility for the development of ethical behaviour among an organisation’s employees (Valentine et al., 2013).

7.2: Ardichvili and Jondle (2009) suggest that HRD practitioners have a role to play in ensuring ethical considerations are also brought into consideration in making business decisions and that ethical costs, benefits and risks are fully considered.

7.3: Ethics can be considered in respect of the codes of conduct that guide the HRD work.

7.4: Box 5.3: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Code

7.5: Ciulla (2004) highlights the various ways in which leadership ethics emerge:

a)  The ethics of means: What do leaders do or use to motivate others to obtain their goals?

b)  The ethics of person: What are leaders’ personal ethics, values or beliefs?  How do these relate to the goals of the function or organisation?

c)  The ethics of ends: What is the ethical value of a leader’s accomplishments? Do the ends justify the means? How might this be assessed?     

7.6: HRD interventions whether they be designed to address areas of individual behaviour (Coaching or mentoring context).

7.7: HRD interventions (ADHD)

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