WHY ETHICAL RECRUITMENT IS A TRENDING BUZZWORD NOW?

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WHY ETHICAL RECRUITMENT IS A TRENDING BUZZWORD
NOW?

• Ever since the introduction of Ethical
  recruitment is the process of hiring a suitable
  candidate by following the entire moral
  principles while conducting a recruitment
  process. Ethical recruitment helps recruiters to
  become trusted employees of an organisation. In
  the first stage of an ethical plan it should be
  clear that recruitment is to be made on the basis
  of merit and not on recommendation. Ethical
  recruiters should build a profile for each
  post, which
• are based on a scoring system and not just based
  on personality. It is important to give the
  organization a fair and honest view of the
  candidate, and vice versa.
• WHAT CONSTITUTES ETHICAL RECRUITMENT
• Evaluate the actionsRecruiters are recommended
  to list all the activities to be done, for an
  effective recruitment. A well evaluated and
  managed plan can surely help to choose the best
  way for selecting the candidates.
• Decide and TestOnce the interview is done,
  recruiter must sit back once and check whether
  he/she has followed the ethics and rules devised
  by the organisation for whom to select and whom
  to reject.
• Map the decision with organisations
  objectivesOnce the decision is made, make sure
  organization is not unsatisfied with the
  selected candidates or reasons to select them.
  Make sure emotional factors should not hamper
  the ethical recruitment.
• EFFECTS OF NOT FOLLOWING ETHICAL RECRUITMENT
• In most cases, direct or immediate effects are
  not visible for not following the ethical process
  of recruitment. But repercussions can be be seen
  gradually once the business or project commences.
  Most importantly the reputation and career of
  the defaulter might be put on stake. Lets see
  some of the major effects that can be faced.

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• Legal issuesSpecially when it comes to hiring by
  recruitment consultant for their clients,
  Companies can put legal issues for forwarding
  candidates selected through unethical practices.
  Additionally, many countries allow candidates to
  sue an organisation if they have shown
  discrimination in hiring based on religion, color
  etc.
• Lower Business PerformanceWrong practices often
  results in ignoring best candidates and selecting
  the compromised quality talent. Such practices
  ends up delaying the work or meeting project
  timelines, resulting in loss of business.
• Hampered Employee RelationsWhen a manager in an
  organization exhibits a lack of ethical behavior,
  he/she is probably in the line of losing respect
  from the employees. It is difficult to run a
  successful business without well- respected
  leaders. Unethical behavior in the organization
  will lead to lack of trust among the employees.
  Employees following the ethics will sometimes
  lose the motivation.
• Companys credibility on StakeIf public comes to
  know about the unethical behavior of the company,
  company loses its credibility. It hurts most
  when company start to loose its customers and
  investors start to back-out too. Reputation lost
  in unethical practices will take a lot of time
  and money to regain it back.
• PREVENTING UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR
• Unethical behavior happens due to poor planning
  and loose execution strategy of recruitment. To
  prevent any unethical practice, recruiters
  should be given realistic goals to prevent any
  short cuts to meet the targets. Monitoring is
  another crucial factor here, where every
  recruiter must be questioned and reasoned well
  for why they have shortlisted some candidates
  and why they are willing to bring them onboard.
• Applicant Tracking System always promotes an
  ethical recruitment process in any organisation.
  This cloud based hr recruiting application
  software is equally accessible by team members
  within an organisation to keep the transparency
  in the working process. Additionally, thereal
  time reports are a mark of authenticity for each
  recruitment step taken.