Role of HRM in Economic,

Social and Environmental

Sustainability

RESOURCE PERSON: Mr. SUBJECT: Human Resource

Bilal Ahmad Management in Aviation
(AM322)

University of Management & Technology (UMT), Lahore

Institute of Aviation Studies (IAS), BS Aviation Management (BS.AM)

Ehnert, I., Harry, W., & Zink, K. J. (2013).

Reference Book:

Sustainability and Human Resource Management:

Developing Sustainable Business Organizations. Springer
Berlin Heidelberg.

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 Role of HRM in Economic, Social and Environmental Sustainability

Reference CLO
CLO (2): Offer solutions to support sustainability by linking corporate
social responsibility with HRM practices.

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 Role of HRM in Economic, Social and Environmental Sustainability

TOPICS COVERED

1. Sustainability and HRM

2. Role of Labor in Economic Sustainability of Organization

3. Social Sustainability and Quality of Working Life

4. HRM Practices to Support Environmental Sustainability

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 Sustainability and HRM

“The development that meets the needs of the

present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs (UN-WCED)

What is Sustainability?

The ability of a society, an It refers to the ideas of

organization or an individual ‘reproduction’ and ‘self-
to maintain, strengthen and sustainment’ in order to ensure a
to develop itself (its system’s long-term viability or
resources) from within. survival.

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United Nation’s World Commission on Environment and Development

The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

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 Sustainability and HRM

Sustainability and HRM

As people in organizations are one of the most important

resources and as human resources can also become scarce or
can be exploited in organizations, sustainability has also
become a concern for those interested in people in
organizations, in work and in HRM systems.

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 Sustainability and HRM

Sustainable HRM refers to ideas and practices of human resource

management that can bring long-term competitive advantages to
organizations, by enabling them to achieve sustainable economic, social,
and environmental development.
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 Role of Labor in Economic
Sustainability of Organization

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 Role of Labor in Economic Sustainability of Organization

The use of human resources as a production factor to

achieve economic goals

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Social Sustainability and
Quality of Working Life

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 Social Sustainability and Quality of Working Life

It is about identifying and managing business

impacts, both positive and negative, on people.

Social Sustainability

This is least quantifiable or measurable part

of sustainability but they are easier to identify.

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https://www.adecesg.com/resources/faq/what-is-social-sustainability/

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 Social Sustainability and Quality of Working Life

Living Human
Conditions Diversity and Rights
Health and Equity
Safety
Social Sustainability
Performance Issues in
Corporations

1. Work-life 2. Job design

Balance
3. Layoffs
4. Inequalities and Unfair
Labor Practices
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 Social Sustainability and Quality of Working Life

1. Work-life Balance

Working Work-Family
Hours Conflict
High Probability
For Health Risks
Relationship Especially in an aging
between working workforce, employees
hours and have to take care not
hypertension only of children but
also for parents

Social Sustainability Performance Issues

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2. Job design
Lack of Job High Job
Control Because employees have little
Demands
or no discretion over pace and
content of their work

Socially
Isolating Work

These Factors Cause Job Stress

Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Increased Levels of Mortality

Social Sustainability Performance Issues

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3. Layoffs
Consequences for employees of layoffs

Employees Who Employees Who Are

Have Been Laid-Off Survivors

High Probability For

Health Risks
Job Insecurity
Feelings of Guilt
Suicide
Experience of
Continued
Uncertainty

Social Sustainability Performance Issues

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Some studies even find the relationship between layoffs and suicide (Eliason and
Storrie 2009)

Layoff survivor sickness feelings of guilt or experience of continued uncertainty, job

insecurity

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4. Inequalities and Unfair Labor Practices

Inequalities in income, power, job responsibilities,

and other such dimensions inside organizations

Differences in employees health

seem to depend on income status
(Pfeffer 2010, p. 39)

Social Sustainability Performance Issues

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 Social Sustainability and Quality of Working Life

L.L.Bean: Be an Outsider at Work

Employee Wellbeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBYsK571vF0
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 HRM Practices to Support
Environmental Sustainability

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 HRM Practices to Support Environmental Sustainability

Nike: The Lunch Program Reusable Dishware Program

The Impact
Nike reduced single-use
containers (cups and
bottles) by 16,000
pounds per quarter – and
waste per employee was
down by 11.5% at year
end.

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https://recyclecoach.com/blog/6-examples-of-sustainability-in-the-workplace-and-
their-impact/

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 HRM Practices to Support Environmental Sustainability

How Intel Keeps E-

Intel: E-Waste Recycling Bins Waste Out Of Landfills

At their California
campus, Intel place e-
waste bins in prominent
areas at work and
reward employees for
using them

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https://recyclecoach.com/blog/6-examples-of-sustainability-in-the-workplace-and-
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 HRM Practices to Support Environmental Sustainability

Online Recruitment And

Energy-efficient
Training
Office Spaces
Electronic
Filing

Few Other Practices to

Reduce Employee Carbon
Footprints
Car
Sharing Teleconferencing
Job
Sharing

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Job sharing or work sharing is an employment arrangement where two people,

or sometimes more, are retained on a part-time or reduced-time basis to
perform a job normally fulfilled by one person working full-time.

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Role of HRM in Economic,
Social and Environmental
Sustainability

Thank You
Questions
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