Vol: 11, Issue: 1 2021

Page: 61-81

The Impact of Human Resource Management Ethics on Social Responsibility

Prof. Dr. Ghani Dahham Tanai A-Zubaydi, Kadhem Hameed Elaibi Al-Batboti

Received Date: 2021-02-02

Accepted Date: 2021-02-24

Published Date: 2021-03-03

The research aims to test the impact of the ethics of HRM which include dimensions (acquisition, development, and retention) on social responsibility and its dimensions (economic, legal, ethical, and voluntary), in Zain Iraq Mobile Communications Company in Baghdad. The research problem was represented by the question (Does the adoption of practices of ethical HRM lead to achieve CSR). The research was based on two main hypotheses from which seven sub-hypotheses emerged to explore the relationship and influence between them. As for the research sample, it included (169) employees of the company, as the sample was chosen from the research community consisting of (300) employees. The questionnaire was main tool to collect data prepared by the researcher based on ready-made measures, and the researcher adopted a set of statistical methods, including (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, relative importance, correlation coefficient, regression coefficient, T-test, F-test, percentages.) The data were analyzed through the use of statistical programs (SPSS V.26) and (Smart PLS v.3.3), the research adopted the descriptive analytical approach. Among the most prominent results that were reached is the existence of a statistically significant impact relationship between the ethics variable of HRM with its combined dimensions (acquisition, development, and retention) in CSR in its combined dimensions (economic responsibility, legal responsibility, moral responsibility and voluntary responsibility).

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