Ethical employment policies bring mixed results
Ethical employment policies are on the rise, but there is little consensus among HR professionals as to the organisational benefits they bring, finds IRS research.
Ethics in employment: bringing corporate responsibility into the workplace Charlott Wolff presents the findings of the IRS Employment Review research, based on responses from 51 organisations,
Also
Corporate accountability Read the previous IRS research on corporate social responsibility.
HR can lead on corporate social responsibility XpertHR presents a wide variety of article links on the Government's CSR Academy.
Do ethics pay? Writing in Personnel
Today, Adele Kimber reports on the latest evidence of the linkage between
corporate ethics and profitability, and profiles successful CSR initiatives at
the Co-operative Bank and Safeway.
Blowing your own credibility Writing in Personnel Today, Stephen
Overell argues that UK companies' commitment to business ethics and principles of
corporate social responsibility is often motivated not by altruism, but
by self-interest
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CSR as an opportunity for HR innovation (from Personnel
Today)
EC rules against use of mandatory CSR
policies
Scheme to train young
offenders
HR must innovate to
ensure success of CSR
IRS Management Review examines
'The ethical business'
The
importance of business ethics
Investing in the community
Ethical employment policies
The environmentally-responsible company
Supplier relations
Glossary of
terms