Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Ethics Code and Hiring Strategy
Working within a field with such ever-evolving technologies can cause daunting problems for new start-up companies. As such, it is extremely important for new business owners to develop strong and efficient strategies to deal with the hiring and maintenance of employees to best ensure that operations run smoothly. With Ken Burton needing to focus on fulfilling orders for two companies, he must put together a proper plan to hire the right people and get the ball moving on operations and productions.
As a new business owner, it is crucial for Burton to ensure that all his new employees are handled responsibly in order to promote the best business practices and thus the most efficient production force. In order to care for employees, a strong code of ethics needs to be developed before the hiring process can actually take place. Such a code must "encourage high standards of ethical conduct dealing with employees" (American...
Equal opportunity practices are a must, leading Burton to ensure a sense of diversity within his staff. Thus, when hiring for both production and administration services, it is important to work for a more diverse work environment. Moreover, hiring employees needs to be on a full time basis. Many companies try to exploit part time labor in order to save expenses on employee benefits associated with full time employees. Burton should offer competitive benefits and pay along with the insurance of full time positions. To deal with suppliers, strong contracts need to be drafted before production begins that provide mutual benefits to both parties. Moreover, there needs to be insurance for customers that all products will come with manufacture warranties.
Within the next year, Burton needs to fill his staff to 150 employees. As stated, 80% of that staff must be production in order to fulfill the increasing production demands…
References
American Staffing Association. (2012). ASA code of ethics and good practices. Members. Retrieved August 6, 2012 from http://www.americanstaffing.net/members/code_of_ethics.cfm
Park, Josh. (2011). Best hiring strategies for small businesses. Course Park. Retrieved August 5, 2012 from http://www.coursepark.com/blog/2012/01/best-hiring-strategies-for-small-businesses
Allabouttruth.org/moral-ethics.htm).In addition, almost 50% of the surveyed adults said they base their moral decisions on whatever will bring them the most pleasing or satisfying results (Moral Ethics, at (http://www.allabouttruth.org/moral-ethics.htm).Research in this area indicates that moral ethics are now considered relative to culture, relative to circumstance, and relative to the specific needs of the individual (Moral Ethics, at (http://www.allabouttruth.org/moral-ethics.htm). From the standpoint of the Department of Justice, moral ethics was a primary
In the former approach, tradable goods, money or services are exchanged between buyers and sellers at a rate that is agreeable to all parties. This approach assumes both the buyers and sellers have enough money, services or goods to have their needs met. The latter approach, public provision, is when all is available to those on an as-needed basis. The Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Association warns that whenever there is government
Criminal Justice Ethical Dilemmas In Criminal Justice Ethical dilemmas permeate almost all organizations globally. Members of an organization often find themselves in challenging situations that require the adoption of the most effective solution that meet the needs of the conflicting parties or situations. One of the organizations that often face the challenge of ethical dilemmas is the criminal justice organization. The criminal justice organizations have been known to perform activities that ensure
Strategic HRM Analysis Human resources management has been undergoing a shift for the past several decades that is meant to instill a system that is more consistent with the departments actual role in the business. "Strategic HRM began to emerge approximately twenty-five years ago, and since then it has evolved to include several streams of theory and empirical investigations" (Schuler & Jackson, 2005). These theoretical variants have all proposed that HRM
Therein was her first ethical dilemma: should she remain quiet about this, or should she share this information with others and see what their response will be? Her boyfriend gave her worthy advice: keep this to yourself because if your boss is found to be accepting kickbacks, and this revelation results in his removal from the company, her unit may well be disbanded, or otherwise affected in a way unfriendly
Management and Ethical Issues What is the difference between efficiency and effectiveness? When companies brainstorm about how to get employees to be more effective and more efficient they are trying to make their business more successful. But the two concepts are quite different and often times they are confused as being the same. According to the Small Business section in the Houston Chronicle, an effective worker "produces at a high level" while