The role of human resource management in improvement of business ethics in Serbian enterprises
The scientific valorization of importance of the human resource management practice in application and improvement of business ethics in the enterprise represent the basis to analyze the existing relation between the
human resource management system and business ethics in Serbian enterprises. It is our intention to evaluate whether the practice of Serbian enterprises affects their application and improvement of business ethics and to which extent, as well as to identify the issues facing the human resource managers with this regard. With this goal in our mind, using a sample of 36 enterprises, we have attempted to gain an insight into conditions in Serbian organizations.
Research units (enterprises) in this research were individuals, members of human resource management, as examinees. Data on the research issue were collected by means of survey. Survey with answers offered was the research instrument. The next table (Table 1) shows our criterions to evaluate the importance of existing human resource management practices in application and improvement of business ethics in Serbian enterprises. only at declarative level. While most of the individuals under surveillance answered that the existing human resource management practice highly affects the application and improvement of the enterprise’s business ethics, it is our impression that what were given were the socially desired opinions. Since only 22% of individuals under surveillance think that none of the employees were employed based on someone’s intervention. Also, the percentage of those Serbian enterprises, which accurately and clearly define their profile requirements for workplaces also from the viewpoint of ethical behaviour, and which have frequent employee courses and trainings regarding the application and improvement of business ethic, is rather low. While most of the individuals under surveillance answered that the system of ethical principles is deeply rooted into their performance evaluation system, it is our opinion that this is a rather formal standpoint than realistic, since research results have shown exceptionally low percentage of those enterprises with clear, understandable and righteous evaluation standards, with the ethical behaviour being particularly rewarded and valued.