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Tag: Business Ethics

  • HRCI Changes Requirements for PHR, SPHR Recertification Starting 2021

    Every so often HRCI, the Human Resources Certification Institute, changes the requirements for its exams. For instance, in 2018 the exam body of knowledge changed the most it had since I got my PHR back in 2009. I have written extensively about how the recertification process works (and how it doesn’t), which exams are a better fit for you,…

  • Essential HR Skills: Communication, Conflict, and Change

    Last week I published part 1 of this series of essential HR skills focusing on Organization, Dealing with “Gray,” and Negotiation. Here’s the followup. The remainder of the items in our list include the following traits: Communication Discrete and Ethical Dual Focus Conflict Management and Problem Solving Change Management Communication Every job requires some proficiency…

  • Ethical Dilemma? Ask This Question

    Recently I attended a training, and the speaker offered a great piece of advice that I have taken to heart. Before you make the ethical decision that you’re considering, can you see yourself defending it from the witness stand in a courtroom? Ouch, but true. When we sometimes are sliding into those gray areas around…

  • Company corporate culture-14 ways to research as a job candidate

    My friend and I were talking recently about how to determine company corporate culture before you start working there. In the past we’ve both been burned by companies that looked good on the surface but eventually turned out to have a terrible culture of one sort or another. Honestly, if it was foolproof, people wouldn’t…

  • Integrity and Ethics-Senior HR Competencies Series

    Integrity. Ethics. The last two items on the list of Senior HR Competencies were so closely linked that I did them together. If you are good at one of them, chances are you’re going to be good at the other as well. The same goes the other way. If you’re terrible at one of them, you’ll…

  • Four Signs Your Organization Has an Ethics Problem (Video)

    Wondering if your company has an ethics problem? Check out the video below and have a laugh–my treat. :-) Warning: This is not intended to be serious. If you’re disappointed, then I’m sorry. Who would like hearing about real ethics issues anyway? ;-) (Subscribers may have to click through to view)