Ethical decision-making amongst HR employees within a retails organisation

The aim of this research was to examine whether a significant relationship exists between ethical decision-making had an impact on HR employees within a retail organisation. The questionnaire for the South African Board for People Practices, and the Ethical Position Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 150 employees in a large retail organisation within the Western Cape - South Africa. The researcher used a non-probability sampling technique specifically, a convenience sampling approach. The results of this study indicate that there is a statistically significant correlation between moral awareness and decision-making amongst HR employees. However with regards to gender there seems to be no statistical significant relationship amongst HR employees and ethical decision-making. Similarly results also indicated that there was no significant relationship between ethical ideology and ethical decision-making. Notwithstanding the limited generalisability of this study, implications for research and practice are suggested and recommendations are made to facilitate improved functioning.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of the Western Cape

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Naidoo, Mineshree

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Helsop, Karl

• Ethics
• Ethical judgment
• Moral Awareness
• Selection
• Ethical culture
• Ethical ideology
• Human Resources
• Employment equity
• Psychometric testing
• Relativism
• Idealism