RT Article
T1 Enhancing Employee Voice: Are Voluntary Employer–Employee Partnerships Enough?
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 81
IS 1
SP 209
OP 221
A1 Van Buren, Harry J.
A1 Greenwood, Michelle
A2 Greenwood, Michelle
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785630784
AB One of the essential ethical issues in the employment relationship is the loss of employee voice. Many of the ways employees have previously exercised voice in the employment relationship have been rendered less effective by (1) the changing nature of work, (2) employer preferences for flexibility that often work to the disadvantage of employees, and (3) changes in public policy and institutional systems that have failed to protect workers. We will begin with a discussion of how work has changed in the last 20 years in countries like Australia and the United States, and then take up the issue of employees as organizational stakeholders and the ethical duties that are owed them, with special attention given to issues of power. We will then consider whether voluntary action by employers such as social auditing is sufficient to ensure equity for employees, and conclude with a discussion of how changes in public policy might ensure greater fairness in the employment relationship by bringing employers and employees together in partnership.
K1 Consent
K1 Partnerships
K1 Unions
K1 Employment
DO 10.1007/s10551-007-9489-y