Ethics and spirituality in the workplace: the growing role of the business case in reforms

This paper amalgamates three inter-related presentations at the conference entitled “Diversity: a Practitioner’s Journey”. Papers addressed issues of employee well-being in the context of political and ethical concerns in the workplace and society at large. Dr Tim Freeman, who chaired the session, has edited a summary of these papers informed by his own research into leadership and the workplace. We start with spirituality and religion in the workplace (Dr Aylin Kunter), followed by workplace diversity (Dr Carlis Douglas) and finally, the ethics of employment deregulation (Dr Ian Roper).
We all have a desire to understand how we can make the workplace better for those who engage with – and rely on – it for their livelihoods and, increasingly, as a source of identity.

This is the accepted version of the manuscript "Ethics and spirituality in the workplace: the growing role of the business case in reforms", published in the journal "Human Resource Management International Digest" available via the journal site at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-05-2015-0092. This article is © Emerald Publishing Limited and permission has been granted for this version to appear here. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.