> Delicate balance of power,

responsibility, and accountability

resides in the relationships a
company develops with its employees

> Employer – Employee Relationship

 Issues Related to the Social Responsibility of Employers to
their employees includes

• Employee-employer contract
• Workforce reduction
• Wages and benefits
• Labor unions
• Health and safety
• Equal opportunity
• Sexual harrassment
• Whistle-blowing
• Diversity
• Work-life balance
 > Laws that affect companies’
human resources programs

> “employer of choice”

Employer’s Responsibilities to Employees

- The working life: The Promise and Betrayal of

Modern Work by Joanne B. Ciulla

- “ Get a job!” & “Get a life”

> antiethical in today’s society
> diametrically opposed goals or values
For Ancient Greeks -> WORK (God’s way of
punishing humans)

by 18th century -> Protestant work ethic had

emerged to imply that work was a method for
discovering and creating a person

today -> work has become the primary source of

many individuals’ fulfillment, status, and
happiness
FOUR LEVELS OF
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES as they
relate to employees