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Why HR professionals are required to have the skills and knowledge to promote evidence-based
approach to HR policies and practices while ensuring compliance with legal and ethical
standards. ✔Correct Answer-To professionally manage HR strategies, programs and initiatives.
When was CPHR Canada established ✔Correct Answer-1994
What is CPHR Canada's mandate? ✔Correct Answer--Establish core standards
-Promote communication within associations
-HR qualifications resource
-Provide a collective National/ international voice for HR issues
What is one of CPHR Canada's strategic priorities?
What is the goal of this? ✔Correct Answer-Federal government relations.
Establish strong relationships to positively influence design and implementation of employment
and labour laws and regulations in Canada.
When was the first CPHR designation granted? ✔Correct Answer-1990
How does CPHR Canada encourage accreditation? ✔Correct Answer-By granting a CPHR
designation.
Need a combo of membership, completion of a knowledge exam, a university degree, proven
experience.
Need to decertify every 3 years with a log of professional development.
Why is continuing professional development important for HR professionals? ✔Correct
Answer-To keep abreast of changes in the field and become a more effective HR practitioner.
-association membership renewal annually, min 60 CPD (continuing professional development)
hours within a 3-yr rolling period.
What is the purpose of the Code of Ethics? ✔Correct Answer-Outlines the standards of
behaviour relating to:
-fairness
-justice
-truthfulness
-social responsibility
How many sections are in the code of ethics? ✔Correct Answer-9:
-Preamble: commit to abide to the code
, -Competence: provide services in a honest and diligent manner. Ensure you act within your level
of competence, or seek assistance if outside this.
-Legal requirements: adhere to acts, regulations or by-laws, and civil/ criminal laws, regulations
and statues. Don't engage in or condone activities that circumvent the law.
-Dignity in the workplace: apply human rights, equity, dignity and respect within profession and
society.
-Balancing interests: balance organizational and employee needs and interests.
-Confidentiality: don't divulge confidential info unless required by law or where serious harm is
imminent.
-Conflict of interest: avoid or disclose conflicts that might influence actions or judgement.
-Professional Growth and support of other professionals: maintain growth by engaging in
activities
-Enforcement: violation of code may result in decertification.
Also uphold ethical standards of your own org.
What do the principles of the code of ethics do? ✔Correct Answer-Promote values (trust,
good behaviour, fairness, and/or kindness)
Each company has the right to develop meaningful standards for their own org.
Why are workplace ethics important? ✔Correct Answer-Because organizations are held
accountable for their actions and the actions of their employees.
Ethics ✔Correct Answer-moral standards for judging right or wrong
What can ethical behaviour be affected by? ✔Correct Answer-Individual influences: locus is
control, Machiavellianism, stage of ethical development, value systems
Organizational influences: code of conduct and ethics, communication of expected employee
behaviour, ethics committee or officer, ethics training program to raise awareness, promotion of
ethical behaviour by managers and executives
What are the four types of individual influences that can affect ethical behaviour? ✔Correct
Answer-Locus of control: general belief about internal vs external control
Machiavellianism: personality characteristic about one's willingness to do whatever it takes to
get one's own way
Stages of ethical development: 3 levels of development
1. Pre-Conventional: childlike in nature, egocentric. (self-cantered, calculating, based on
possibility of immediate reward or punishment.)
2. Conventional: incorporates expectation of society (loyalty, obedience, whether action will
benefit the org vs being right or wrong)