SUSTAINABLE HRM AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

How HR Functions (Recruitment, Training, Rewards) Support CSR Objectives: The Integration of Sustainable HRM and Corporate Social Responsibility 1. Introduction Nowadays, sustainability and social responsibility are the fundamental aspects of strategic management within the modern corporate environment. Businesses are now more and more called upon to provide not merely a contribution to the economic growth but also to environmental maintenance and social justice. In the current paradigm, Sustainable Human Resource Management (Sustainable HRM) has emerged as one of the strategic frameworks that combine the normal HR functions with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals. Sustainable HRM is closely related to people management in the sense that it aligns management practices with long-term sustainability objectives, thereby establishing economically viable, socially responsible, and environmentally conscious organizations (Ehnert, 2009). This essay is a critical discussion of t...

                          Over the decades, Human Resource Management (HRM) has also experienced immeasurable transformation as a result of its administrative functions into a major strategic organ of organizational sustenance. Whereas HRM in the past was occupied with the daily activities that included payroll management, maintaining records of employees, hiring employees, and adherence to labor laws, it was operation-oriented and not strategy-oriented, and it focused on efficiency and control as opposed to innovation or the well-being of the workers. However, with a more intricate and socially conscious global business environment, the role of HRM expanded. It has now involved strategic decision-making, people developing, and leading sustainability.                                Early HRM, known then as Personnel Management, had a mechanisti...