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Answer the following question:
Kant's 2nd Categorical Imperative demands that you should always treat employees as an" end-in-themselves" and not as a means, a tool, a resource. Treating employees as" ends-in-themselves" makes you a morally good person (HR-manager).
To be morally good, can HRM's work systems processes ever treat employees as" ends-in-themselves" and not as means, a tool, a resource?
Introduction:
What the issue is and how the essay is constructed.
Body:
A theoretical perspective of Kant's Categorical Imperative (means-ends);
A short outline of the core elements of HRM's work design process;
How do" Kant's 'Means-vs.-Ends' dictum and HRM's work design process relate to each other?
Conclusion:
Can they be reconciled?
o Do not use first person.
o Do not repeat the essay question.
o Do not include a Table of Contents.
o Do not include sub-headings in your essay.
o Do not sum up different versions of human etchics in your essay.
o Do not discuss too many issues - focus on a few points (e.g., Kant, means vs ends) aqnd discuss these in detail.
o The Essential Readings must be referred to and referenced in the essay.