Vestnik Samarskogo universiteta. Ekonomika i upravlenie Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and ManagementVestnik Samarskogo universiteta. Ekonomika i upravlenie Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and Management2542-04612782-3008Samara National Research University1018310.18287/2542-0461-2022-13-1-88-94Research ArticleCodes of ethics for the profession of the HR managerSolovyovaSvetlana V.<p>Doctor of Philosophy, head of the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, professor of the Department of Human Resource Management</p>metaphisica2@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1642-2000SolovovaNatalia V.<p>Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, professor, head of the Department of Human Resource Management</p>solovova.nata@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3280-3380Samara State Transport UniversitySamara National Research University0104202213188940104202201042022Copyright © 2022, Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and Management2022<p>The focus of the article is on the problems of ethical regulation of professional activities of an HR manager. The purpose of the article is to explicate the ethical principles and norms of the professional activity of a personnel management specialist through the analysis of the ethical codes of HRM. Professional processes in personnel management are considered in the broad context of ethical transformations in the economy and the industrial revolution 4.0 / 5.0, including through an appeal to the phenomenon of new ethics, which causes serious changes in the value bases of business processes. Conflicts and difficulties are identified in theoretical research, real practices of moral and value regulation in professional HRM communities. The article presents the results of a theoretical study of the topic: the definition of the category "ethical code of the profession" is given, its components are shown, and possible grounds for the typology of ethical codes are highlighted. Based on the analysis of the codes of professional associations (AHRI, CIPD, CPHR, SHRM), the regulatory principles and norms that organize the activities of HRM are explicated; the conclusion is made about the value of ethical codes as a form of recognition of the dignity and reputation of the profession associated with human resource management. The semantic core of the HRM Code of Ethics is: its structure (built around the principles of professional ethics, articulates a system of requirements and norms, designates the area of responsibility); the principle of professionalism as the core of the ethical regulation of professional relations in personnel management (high competence combined with responsibility); the values of the first order (honesty, justice, legality, confidentiality, inclusiveness and tolerance) are highlighted, their connection with the processes of ethical transformation of the information society is shown.</p>professioncode of ethicsethical regulationethical principlesprofessional ethicsHR manager code of ethicsreputationпрофессияэтический кодексэтическое регулированиеэтические принципыпрофессиональная этикаэтический кодекс HR-менеджерарепутация[1. Butterick M., Charlwood A. HRM and the COVID-19 pandemic: How can we stop making a bad situation worse? 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