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Ethical Dilemmas in HR Management

Scenario Summary

As
a top human resource executive in a large, privately held company,
students are responsible for compensation and benefits. The firm’s
owners are satisfied with financial performance. The student intern’s
boss takes little interest in specific human resource issues, as long as
things are going well. The high quality of management in your firm is
recognized. The intern student have been researching outsourcing
opportunities and have found that the company could achieve modest
savings by outsourcing compensation and benefits. Intern students would
feel an obligation to consider this action, although fifteen employees
may lose their jobs and their position would be diminished in importance
as a result of the action. What do they do?

Questions

1. What are the ethical issues in this situation?

2. What are the basic arguments for and against outsourcing in this situation?

3. What do you think most managers would do? What would you do?