Human Resource Management for Organizational Sustainability

CHAPTER 1

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Recruitment

Joost J.L.E. Bücker

Introduction

This chapter explores the extent to which a new vision on recruitment of employees can be developed that fits into a social corporate responsibility perspective. In the aftermath of the worldwide crisis from 2007 to 2015, stakeholders of some companies have been considering possible measures that could change the “ethical climate” in which business operates. A number of scams in large organizations, such as Enron, Tyco, and Parlamat, and also a string of banks in the US, such as Lehman Brothers, and in Europe, ABN-AMRO, have led to serious concerns about corporate governance and management. Most critical reflections on the worldwide economic ...