The meaning of ethics cannot be limited to one definition. Ethics has many different meanings so to decide on a specific code of ethics or ethical program will be difficult.
Ethics depends on a person s moral obligations as well as the structure of a business.
This intertwines into human resource management by the structure of a business. Taking a look at performance appraisals shows that ethics plays the greatest influence in this area. Performance Appraisals To be able to give a legal appraisal on job performance there is a list of guidelines that must be followed. There are examples of companies that have done performance appraisals and had them end up going to court. One example of this is the example that the book gives about an illustrative case about layoff decisions.