This book examines ethics and employment issues in contemporary Human Resource Management (HRM). Acknowledgements, Introduction: Ethical Human Resource Management, Situating Human Resource Management, Socio-Political Theory and Ethics in HRM, The Ethics of HRM in Dealing with Individual Employees Without Collective Representation, HRM and Performance: Can Partnership Address the Ethical Dilemmas?, Strategic Management and Huna Resources: The Pursuit of Productivity and Flexibility and Legitimacy, Ethical Employment Practices and the Law, HRM and the Ethics of Commodified Work in a Market Economy, Analyzing Human Resource Management, Stakeholder Theory and the Ethics in HRM, HR Managers as Ethics Agents of the State, The Ethical Basis for HRM Professionalism and Codes of Conduct, Ethical Leadership in Employee Development, Ethics and Work in Emergencies: The UK Fire Service Strike 2002-2, Progressing Human Resource Management, HRM and Ethical Irrationality and the Limits of Ethical Action, Strategy and Knowledge and Appropriation and Ethics in HRM, The Morally Decent HR Manager.