The Ethics of Human Resources and Industrial Relations [Paperback]

James G. Scoville (Editor), John W. Budd (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0913447900 | ISBN-13: 978-0913447901

"In the business and economic spheres, many of the most pressing ethical issues involve the employment relationship, such as the rights of employees versus shareholders, employee privacy and monitoring, whistleblowing, pay equity, discrimination, employee safety, anti-union campaigns, and minimum labor standards. Since the field of human resources and industrial relations is ultimately about people and quality of life, there is a pressing need to develop applications of business ethics for the employment relationship in the context of research, practice, and teaching."-From the PrefaceIn recent years, by following media coverage of many scandals of accounting and accountability, the public has gained a greater understanding of what can happen when businesses do not adhere to ethical practices. It is now time for the human resources and industrial relations communities to explore the application of ethics to the employment relationship and to discover the importance of treating employees, not just numbers, properly.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This volume focuses on the role of ethics in the field of human resources and industrial relations. . . . It is interesting reading, especially for HRIR scholars and practitioners, and provides a significant overview of many pressing ethical issues surrounding employment relations. Highly recommended."-Choice, April 2006

About the Author

John W. Budd is the Industrial Relations Land Grant Chair and Director of the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice and The Thought of Work, also from Cornell, and Labor Relations: Striking a Balance; coauthor of Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives: Bringing Workplace Law and Public Policy into Focus; and coeditor of The Ethics of Human Resources and Industrial Relations, a LERA Reserach Volume distributed by Cornell.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: ILR Press (September 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913447900
• ISBN-13: 978-0913447901
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John W. Budd is a university professor who researches and teaches about diverse aspects of work, employment, and related institutions (e.g., labor unions) from a multidisciplinary perspective drawing on scholarship in industrial relations, economics, law, sociology, psychology, ethics, theology, and other disciplines. Professor Budd has been at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management since 1991 where he is now the Industrial Relations Land Grant Chair and is chair of the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies. He is a graduate of Colgate University and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. In addition to authoring several books, Professor Budd is the author of numerous journal articles, and the recipient of several teaching awards. He has also served as Director of Graduate Studies for Minnesota's graduate program in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, one of the preeminent HR graduate programs in the United States.