Human Resource Development: Ethics and Justice Needs for Sustainable Development

This article focuses on what is meant by human resource development and how the world currently treats human resources. It examines the notion of ‘development’ as generated in an economic paradigm and delineates its impact on human beings in different societies. Further, it explores the processes of globalization that are operating at unprecedented levels and how they impact on human resource development. It raises the question of a crisis in development, and analyzes this from the perspective of social justice and redistribution. The article raises ethical questions that are of increasing importance in a globalized world, and examines them in the context of human resource development. It concludes with alternative arrangements for the future, raising strategies in relation to human rights, social capacity and community building.