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Human resources

Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.

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courage

Business administration; Human resources

Courage is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, ...

patience

Business administration; Human resources

Patience (or forbearing) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; ...

honesty

Business administration; Human resources

Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, along ...

sportsmanship

Business administration; Human resources

Sportsmanship (or sometimes sportspersonship) is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense ...

kindness

Business administration; Human resources

Kindness is a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, and concern for others. It is known as a virtue, and recognized as a value in many cultures and religions. It is ...

generosity

Business administration; Human resources

Generosity (also called largess or largesse) is the habit of giving without expecting anything in return. It can involve offering time, assets or talents to aid someone in need. Often equated with ...

compassion

Business administration; Human resources

Compassion is the emotion that one feels in response to the suffering of others that motivates a desire to help. Compassion is often regarded as having an emotional aspect to it, though when based on ...

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