BUSINESS ETHICS APPLICATION IN BUSINESS AND THE ROLE OF HRM

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate “Business Ethics Approach” in terms of Human Resources Management. To achieve this purpose, initially ethics and business ethics concepts were defined and the role of HRM in business ethics was highlighted. In order to determine HRM applications of business, and to emphasize ethics applications in business, web sites of the businesses which are listed in the “Capital” the magazine in 2010 as “The Most Popular Companies in Turkey” were analyzed. Of these businesses, ten of them, which have HRM page in their websites and explain their HRM applications in detail, were chosen as the sampling of the study. Within the scope of the study, HRM applications of the businesses in the sampling were analyzed under themes and subthemes. It is concluded that business give importance to HRM applications and fulfill them as much as possible. However, the explanations regarding ethics were limited in number, although they use the words involving ethics. This study tries to establish a different point of view regarding the issue

Keywords

• Ethics, business ethics, HRM, application business ethics

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