Ethics in Human Resource: A Study on Hiring Ethics and Employee Selection

The act of hiring an individual can have major ethical and legal implications for an organization. To better identify the concepts that influence hiring and employment selection ethics, a review of the recent literature found several areas of importance for both academics and hiring managers and other employees. Earlier researchers claim that hiring is influenced by the concepts of moral obligation, diversity, antidiscrimination, integrity, and employment fairness whenever they hire new personnel. Awareness and action in these areas will lead to motivating factors that can change attitudes while allowing ethical hiring practices to shape organizational culture. This Article presents a dichotomy of understanding that when organizations use a defined ethical hiring standard, employers are more likely to recruit and hire ethical candidates. This understanding creates the assumption that managers are obligated with the responsibility of being ethical gatekeepers for their respective organizations.