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dc.contributor.authorLam, Helen
dc.contributor.authorHarcourt, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-29T00:50:46Z
dc.date.available2009-01-29T00:50:46Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationLam, H. & Harcourt, M. (2007). A new approach to resolving the right-to-work ethical dilemma. Journal of Business Ethics, 73(3), 231-243.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/1902
dc.description.abstractUnion security has long been an industrial relations controversy. While compulsory unionism supporters say it benefits the working class, right-to-work advocates denounce it as an unethical infringement of individual rights and freedom. Unfortunately, neither side has adequately addressed the shortcomings of their viewpoint, nor the broader worker concerns about effective representation beyond just “unionism”. In this paper, we examine the ethical and practical problems of compulsory (union security) and voluntary (right-to-work) unionism and propose a new resolution, compulsory proportional representation, that has the advantages of: (a) ensuring workers’ freedom to associate or not associate, (b) promoting freedom to contract, (c) allowing free competition in representation in line with anti-trust principles, (d) improving industrial peace and efficiency, (e) enhancing fairness and social justice, and (f) addressing the employer–employee power imbalance. It is superior to either voluntary unionism, which often lead to management unilateralism, or compulsory unionism, where workers are compelled to join unions against their will.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://www.springerlink.com/content/x4k56994pg774105/?p=88a78c7c8fc8406fbdc70aa37649926f&pi=0en
dc.subjectcompulsory unionismen
dc.subjectfreedom of associationen
dc.subjectright-to-worken
dc.subjectunion securityen
dc.subjectvoluntary unionismen
dc.subjectvoluntary unionismen
dc.titleA new approach to resolving the right-to-work ethical dilemmaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10551-006-9203-5en
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Business Ethicsen_NZ
pubs.begin-page231en_NZ
pubs.editionJulyen_NZ
pubs.elements-id32369
pubs.end-page243en_NZ
pubs.issue3en_NZ
pubs.volume73en_NZ


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