Values Ethics and Working Collaboratively in Business Ethics

This article discusses the concept of ethics in organizational function and Tesco's ethical policies. It also covers ethical guidelines in marketing products, marketing and advertising laws, food and health regulations in the UK, and policies that guide collaborative working. Additionally, it highlights the importance of team collaboration and how companies can collaborate externally.

Business Ethics

Table of Contents
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TASK 1
The concept of ethics in organisation function
Business ethics refers to the implication of ethical woking policies in the organisation
function in order to develop the ethical business function in tue operational market. Basically
an organisation considered some issues in their operation in order to develop the appropriate
business. In regard to the above discussion business ethics of Tesco will be discussed in the
further discussion.
The respected company follows the various ethical policies as well as deployed the effective
CSR policies in order to establish their responsive brand image the operational market. It
assist the organisation to form the positive working environment at their workplace as well as
attract the vast number of customer towards their services. Moreover, below are the effective
practices which adopted by the mentioned business in their operational functions (Melé,
2019).
Cyber security- The respected business developed the ethical policy in their organisation in
order to safeguard the employee and customer data safe from the third party interference. In
regard to this the mentioned business follows the safety measures such as firewall and
passcode security system in which all the essential details are safeguard from cyber attack
Human rights- THe respected organisation follows the government laws and legislation at
their organisation culture in which every employees are indulged with human rights. In
regard to this employees can consult their issues to the upper level management without any
communication hurdles. In addition to this the mentioned business offers attractive salary to
their employees as well as follow the diverse work culture in order to form the employees
workforce with different colour, culture, age. In addition to this the highlighted organisation
also offers the discount card to their in store employees. These cards can be redeemed by the
individual on their purchases through Tesco. Hence, by the following practice the respected
organisation developed the ethical operational environment in the mentioned field.
Responsible retailing of age restricted product- The respected company Sells the various
numbers of alcohol products at their store. In order to fulfil the government requirement the
mentioned business sells their restricted product more responsibility on the stores. In addition
to this the mentioned business developed the policy in which any person cannot purchase the
age restricted products without showing their ID on the store. By the implication of above

concern practice the respected business form the responsible retailer brand image in the
operational market.
Reusable packaging abs sustainable products- The mentioned business developed the
effective business practice in their business functions in which company offers the reusable
packaging option to their evaluable customer. In order to eliminate the land degradation form
the effective business model in which customers can return their empty packaging to the
stores and can befitted by the cash-backs. Hence by the respected practice the mentioned
business develop the sustainable operational functions at their workplace. By such function
the respected organisation developed the effective CSR operation at their wok-place. It
facilitate to the organisation to attract the vast number of customers who are looking for the
environmental concern companies (Werhane, 2019).
Corporation with good banks- The mentioned business collaborated with the various food
banks in the Uk, to whom they donated the food surplus for the Hungarian. In addition to this
the respected business donated around 7,488tons of food surplus in the fiscal year of 2019.
By such operational activity the respected business helped in eliminate the hunger rate from
the region who starve with hunger.
Hence, all the above discussion clearly stated that the respected business performed various
Functions in order to attract the large number of customers towards their positive brand
image. The CSR policy also highlighted that the respected company use this approaches in
developing the effective strategy in regards to their business functions which racist the
company in order to enhance their profitability as well as support in boosting the company
operational function in the target market
Tesco contribution in the Wider Community
Food redstribution- In UK the mentioned business has developed community who helps the
organisation in order to donate surplus food items to all the local charities as well as
community group through the community food connection scheme which is partnership with
fare share community. In this Mentioned scheme various local groups are connected with
each other through the food cloud app which provides the overview to the charity if there is
any surplus food item is available or not. Moreover the respected business also perform
several campaign as well as collaborated with the food concerning organisation in order to
reduce the inappropriate wastage of food more their stores. Through the mentioned scheme
around 8000 plus volunteers indulged with Tesco in order to develop the effective
distribution pathways between the community. From, such functions around thousand of tons
food were delivered to tue needy individuals.

Charity partnership- the respected business has donated the millions of euros towards
making the change in the society. In regard to this the respected business with its partners
donated in the caner research centre in order to provides the services to the infected people.
The mentioned company following the aim in order to cured all the patient who are suffering
from such deadly disease. Moreover, the respected organisation has partnered with the
leading health care charity such as British heart-care foundation, cancer research uk and
many more. Hence, by collaborating with these personality tue respected organisation helped
the vast number if people of Uk as well as got the various positive comments from the
audiences. The respected business already performing their function in the highly competitive
market in which bast number of companies performing their functions (Crane, and et. al.,
2019). Hence, in order to make the operations more recognisable and establishing company
unique identity of the company in the targeted market leads to influence the customer to use
their particular services. Moreover, the respected business sells their product on much higher
prices in compare to their competitors such as Aldi, Sainsbury’s. Hence by performing the
above mentioned function the respected business still getting the high volume sales in their
operational function on both online as well as offline platform.
TASK 2
Ethical guidelines in marketing the product
 Be transparent- In uk it is essential for the soft drinks companies in order to
highlight all their product description to the customers who they want to cater. Hence,
the soft drink organisation will have to label their key information as well as effective
usage quantity. Hence, any misleading information can cause the lawsuit on the
company operation and could banned the product line in the mentioned political
boundary
 Don’t make false comparisons- Companies cannot make the false comparisons in
the operational market for the competitors product. In the ethical marketing policy of
the Uk company cannot derive the inappropriate or misleading informations towards
the competitors product. Hence, it is mandatory for the organisation to prior research-
and analyse its competitive market in order to highlight real issues in its competitors
product.
Don’t make unverified claims- in order to follow the ethical guidelines in the business
operations it is essential for the organisation to highlight-all the real claims to the marketed
product. Any false promises Could lead the organisation to face the legal consequences.

Therefore, in order to effectively marketing the product in the Uk economy, the respected
business need to adhere above mentioned practises in their business operations in order to
eliminate the unnecessary complexions (Blay, and et. al., 2018).
Marketing and advertising law
Prices must be specific- the product which is marketing in the audiences should be addressed
with the specific price of the product. Company cannot sell its product without labelling the
MRP on their product. Moreover, the mentioned business cannot charge higher prices in
regard to the label prices. Marketing campaign and ads cannot show misleading information
regard to the product in the operational market. Hence any inappropriate information and
activity can encourage the customer to file lawsuits on their business functions. In addition to
this it could lead to decline the sale as well as impact the overall image in the operational
market.
Accurate description- all the serving products in tue operational market should adhere all the
information regard to the product quality, ingredients, natural value etc. it is mandatory to
the organisation to quote any preservatives and usage of colouring should be evaluate on the
package label. Any company can not sell its product without addressing these informations.
Hence, is one of the foremost important process through which an attractive marketing and
advertisement plan could be initiated.
Ethical marketing content- all the developed campaign could not be misleading as well as
should follow the marketing guidelines of Uk. As it stated that the content should need to
informative and transparent. Hence, such function can form effective relation between
various personality and can assist them in order to perform more effective operations (Bowie,
2020).
Food and health regulation of UK
The respected government implied the number of laws towards the food processing
companies of Uk. Hence, is is mandatory to follow the guidelines seriously. Any breaches
could lead to impact the business function of organisations which performed j. That particular
region. Below are the some food and health regulation which deployed under the respected
economy.
 Food safety act 1990- under the mentioned act any companies who sells the
processed food item or beverages in the mentioned economy should not deploy any
harmful ingredient their product which can harm the health of consumers. The
mentioned act ensures the quality of a product before marketing such product in
between the consumer. The respected government formed the organisation, which

ensured the qualities of companies product. If any product not stand according to
standard quality are banned by the government.
 Food safety and hygiene act 2013- The respected act worked with local authorities
of Uk which make sure that the food organisation follows all the safety and hygiene
practices in producing the product. Moreover, these deployed entities ensured
activities regard to handling, processing etc to deliver the good quality of food items
in their potential customer. The practices include enhancing business standards,
issuing notices well as fined the companies who breached the law. Hence, the
respected organisation need to consider the above mentioned practices in their
operational function. As it can help them in creating the more ethical practices in the
business as well as assist them in order to built the customer trust in the behalf of their
concern.
In order to perform the effective function in the operational market it is needed to understand
the demand of the customer. In regard to this companies uses the strategies and technologies
In their practices which assist them in order to collect and analyse the information of vast
number of customer of a particular region (Magrizos, 2020). Therefore, there are the chances
of data theft, data misleading by third party etc. moreover, the inappropriate uses of user data
by the organisation also consider in tue illegal activity. Hence, in order to manage such
concern the government of UK form the legislation which deploy various factors which need
to address by the organisation. Therefore, in order to perform the effective function in the
mentioned region the respected organisation need to consider such law which discussed in the
below discussion.
 The data protection act 2018- The mentioned law stated that before using the
user data for personal concern it is mandatory to take the permission of the
customer and provide them complete information regard to the process. The
respected organisation should have all the safety requirement to safeguard its
customer data by using others. In addition to this company should be more
transparent lawful towards using the personal information. Moreover, consumer
data cannot be clubbed with other activities without having the concern of
opposite individual. Hence, the respected organisation need to form the effective
environment which assist them in order to imply all the above concern effectively
in the business functions.
TASK 3

One of the foremost reason of team collaboration is to perform the organisation functions in a
more productive manner. It improves the way of operational working as well as solves the
complex situation in a more effective manner. In regard to this Tesco uses the collaborative
approach in their business functions in order to enhance the productivity and attain the
derived goal more specifically (Freeman, Parmar, and Martin, 2020).
 Goal alignment- the respected organisation develops the team to reach a common
goal by deploying the efforts of team members. In addition to the team leader of
each department distribute the roles and responsibilities in between the team
members according to their skills and knowledge. In addition to this all the tasks
are discussed between the team members in order to eliminate the threat of
complexions from tasks. Hence, it facilitate the managers and each individual to
perform their task more effectively in a collaborative environment.
Skill sharing- BY the collaboration of the team towards the common goal develop the
opportunity in the workplace in order to distribute the knowledge and skills between the team
members. Through such process new skills are developed in the respective organisation
workplace. The respected company has the vast number of employees with different skills
and knowledge of particular field. Hence, it developed the more productive workplace as well
as achieve the determined goal with the optimum utilisation of resources (Yin, and Quazi,
2018).
Policies which guide collaborative working
 Efficiency- IT is essential to form the effective workplace culture in order to
accelerate employees performance. Hence the respected company developed the
workplace culture in which inappropriate hurdles were eliminated such as
unnecessary long meetings to safeguard the employee productive time.
 Trust- Trust is one of the essential key for effective collaborative working
environment. Therefore, the respected organisation follows the work ethics at their
workplace such as open communication, security of jobs etc. it assist the organisation
in order to developed the strong bond between the team members and organisations.
 Clarity- It is not mandatory that every employee in team function could motivate by
the same page. Therefore it is necessary to understand the each team members
effectively. In addition to this the manager of Tesco consistently communicate with
the team member in order to understand their need and demand. Hence by addressing

their requirement facilitate them in order to motivate them more efficiently
(Rendtorff, 2019).
Collaboration outside the organisation
Companies can collaborate externally in various ways such as social media polls, platforms
and communities, crowdsourcing as well as joint ventures and alliance. In instance the
respected company performed the various joint venture in their operations to enhance their
market share as well as enhance its revenue in addition to this the respected firm signed the
joint venture deal with china food retail company. Through such collaboration the respected
organisation merged its 131 outlets with CRE by holding the market share of 20%. By such
practice the respected company get the assistance of another market leader through which
they catering the market more effectively.
The respected company performed the effective operations at the workplace in order to
maintain the positive workplace culture in between their diverse team. In regard to this the
mentioned business adopted the number of efficient practices that facilitate the organisation
in order to manage the collaborative work-culture
 Established judgement free idea sharing culture- The the respected company form
the effective open communication working environment at their workplace in which
every employee can share their views and thoughts regard to the operational function.
The mentioned company don’t follows the top down working culture at their
Organization culture. The main motive of eliminating such structure in business
function South to enhance the connectivity between employees and upper level
management. It assists the organization in order to take effective decision very fastly
as well as enhance employee faith towards organizations as there issues were solved
affectively (Stavrova, 2020).
 Encourage collaboration across department
The respect organization working on enhancing the collaboration in their team performance.
In order to establish such process in organization function the respected company encourage
open communication enable empathy and understanding as well as deployed the open
feedback function that assist them in collaboration between team members.
Strategies used in motivate a team
There are various strategies that can be used in motivate a Team in performing effective
functions in an organization. In addition to this by providing them a pleasant place to work
can make them feel good instead of bad. And such process develop empathy in Employees.
And motivate them towards deploying more extra efforts towards achieving the organization

desired goal. In addition to this by offering them self development opportunities such as
training program Could help an organization to develop required skills. As such process
enhance the productivity of an employee as well as it develops more empathy and employee
relationship with organization. Moreover, an organization need to set a clear goal in between
the teams which should be achieved in a particular time. Hence bye clear communicating
with employees can eliminate such threat of misconception and complexions between the
task. Therefore, by using such practices could help organization in building effective team.
Hence by such activity all the team rules can be bifurcate more effectively according to their
skills and knowledge (Manasakis, 2018).
Consequences of poor collaborative working
Collaboration means people working with each other on and specific goal. It includes task
management, project performance, web meetings etc. hence there are various consequences
That emerge due to lack of effective collaborative working. In addition to this one of the
major consequences that occur in organising function is regard to the wasting of time. When
a team is not effective to perform any function at time it impact organization resources as
well as Waste their productive time on inappropriate practices. Furthermore, poor
collaborative working also impact project Management. As an ineffective team is not able to
perform a strategic structure more effectively. Hence by the lack of skills and knowledge for
a particular process could lead to impact organization business as well as their results
(Harrison, and et. al., 2019).

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