What ethical issues are involved when laying off employees?

Kyleigh Macejkovic

Laying off employees is never an easy exercise and is typically undertaken due to
economic considerations, market factors, etc. There are a number of ethical issues related to
laying off employees and they mostly relate to how and why.

• Ethics of laying off workers: Why a company is laying off employees is an ethical
  concern. Typically companies do not lay people off just for the sake of it and in general, it is
  an exercise to downsize in order to increase productivity/competitiveness.  There should be good
  reasons for laying off workers.
• Ethics of the process:...]]>