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Ethics, corporate social responsibility and the role of human resource development: the academic experts’ view

Alizadeh, Amin, Kurian, Deepu, Qiu, Shaoping, Dirani, Khalil M.·2023·European Journal of Training and Development
DOI 10.1108/ejtd-07-2021-0087
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to get the perspectives of human resource development (HRD) scholars about connections among HRD, corporate social responsibility and ethics. The authors also sought to discover if HRD academic programs need to have ethics-related courses for their graduate students. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, the authors reviewed the literature and interviewed ten HRD scholars who substantially contributed to the field of HRD and have influential publications related to ethics or corporate social responsibility to find out the relationship between HRD, ethics and corporate social responsibility. A semi-structured interview method was adopted to collect data and purposeful sampling technique was used for analyzing data into identified themes. Findings: The results from the interviews were categorized into seven different themes. While some scholars argued that ethics-related discussion needs to be integrated within every course, most scholars stated that ethics can be a required standalone course for HRD graduate programs. Originality/value: Despite ongoing consideration of the ethical nature of HRD, little research has been conducted on how ethics and corporate social responsibility are represented in the field of study and practice. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first empirical paper in HRD that collected and analyzed experts’ perspectives in this topic.

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Authors
Alizadeh, A., Kurian, D., Qiu, S., & Dirani, K. M.
Affiliations
  • Texas A&M University (US)
  • University of Houston System (US)
ORCID
Venue
European Journal of Training and Development
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2021-12-31
Volume
47
Issue
1/2
Pages
223-239
ISSN
2046-9012 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/ejtd-07-2021-0087
OpenAlex
W4200195821
Cited by
14
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2
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2
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2.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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www.emerald.com/insight/site-policies (tdm)
Locations
European journal of training and development (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Education, Management, Technology, Human Resources
Keywords
human resource development, corporate social responsibility, business ethics, ethics education, ethics courses, expert opinion

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