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For advanced students and researchers in the field, this handbook focuses on familiarizing the reader with the fundamentals of applied human resource management whilst contextualizing practice within wider theoretical considerations.

In recent years, by following media coverage of many scandals of accounting and accountability, the public has gained a greater understanding of what can happen when businesses do not adhere to ethical practices. It is now time for the human resources and industrial relations communities to explore the application of ethics to the employment relationship and to discover the importance of treating employees, not just numbers, properly.