Publications
Publications
- December 2014 (Revised April 2016)
Responsibilities to Employees
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Abstract
The note provides a framework to conceptualize managers' responsibilities to employees in relation to economic, legal and ethical considerations. The note frames the central ethical challenge for managers as exercising power in a fair manner. The fair exercise of power involves three components: respect for legitimate expectations, procedural fairness, and distributional fairness.
Keywords
Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Legal Aspects Of Business; Responsibility; Ethics; Fairness; Employees; Decision Making; Leadership; Jobs and Positions; Labor; Law
Citation
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Responsibilities to Employees." Harvard Business School Module Note 315-067, December 2014. (Revised April 2016.)