The Problem

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a stark light on workplace inequities and injustices. Aside from disrupting daily routines and ways of working, the pandemic has unmasked significant and troubling differences in the treatment and status of productive and reproductive labor. As we recover from the pandemic, how can workplaces properly recognize and value the contribution of reproductive labor?

The Recommendation

We focus on ethics of care as a foundational aspect of learning and human development. Care is proximal and contextual and expressions of care require managers and HRD professionals to engage with and address employees’ needs in a way that recognizes the complexity of individual situations. This may lead to the transformation of work and workplaces and bring employees into a more participatory, inclusive and democratic relationship with employers. We offer four suggestions for how HRD practitioners can practically embed an ethics of care approach within organizations.

The Stakeholders

This article is relevant to human resource development (HRD) scholars and practitioners who are interested in building sustainable, caring and healthy workplaces in a post-pandemic world.

中文翻译：

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根据COVID-19大流行重塑HRD：一种护理伦理学方法

问题

COVID-19大流行对工作场所的不公平和不公正现象发出了鲜明的光芒。除了破坏日常工作和工作方式外，大流行还掩盖了生产劳动和生殖劳动的待遇和状况方面的重大而令人不安的差异。当我们从大流行中恢复过来时，工作场所如何正确认识并重视生殖劳动的贡献？

建议

我们关注护理伦理，将其作为学习和人类发展的基础。护理是近距离的和上下文的，护理的表达要求管理者和HRD专业人员以能够认识到各种情况的复杂性的方式来参与并满足员工的需求。这可能导致工作和工作场所的转变，并使员工与雇主建立更具参与性，包容性和民主的关系。对于人力资源开发从业者如何在组织内切实融入护理伦理的方法，我们提供了四个建议。

利益相关者

本文与对在大流行后世界中建立可持续，关怀和健康的工作场所感兴趣的人力资源开发（HRD）学者和从业人员有关。