Responsible Human Resource Management: A Strategic Approach

This chapter first addresses the definitionDefinition of human resources as a key strategic resource for organisations and the importance of the human resources departmentHuman resources department as responsible for implementing responsible personnel management policies, assessing its functions and objectives. Based on the identification of socially responsible practicesSocially responsible practices towards employees, it is considered whether they also have a positive impact on financial performance. Special emphasis is placed on high-performance practicesHigh-performance practices because they are linked to responsible human resource managementResponsible human resource management. It is also important that companiesCompanies communicate adequately and externally their human resourceHuman resources policies based on good practice, on a voluntary or mandatory basis to comply with legal requirements. This also allows the most responsible companiesResponsible companies with respect to their employees to form part of rankings, such as “The best place to work” or “Merco empresas responsables”. The chapter covers codes of ethics as a commitment that responsible employers make to their employees, managers and how they should act in the organisation. The chapter also includes some examples of problems in the field of human resource management.