Governance, Ethics and Sustainability | Report | New

GOVERNANCE, ETHICS
AND SUSTAINABILITY

Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................... 2
Discrimination........................................................................................................... 2
Exploitation............................................................................................................... 3
Corruption................................................................................................................. 4
Dishonest with the fraudulent behaviour............................................................................5
Whistle-blower protections............................................................................................ 6
Enforcement.............................................................................................................. 6
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 7
References................................................................................................................ 9

Introduction
Each company complies that it is the responsibility of everyone to follow the laid down rules
and regulations in the code of conduct. A code of conduct results into a disciplinary action
and also the termination of employment. If a person has been working for Aldi as a contractor
or one has been employed by any another company but still working for Aldi and the group
then the employee has to comply with some guidelines and principles (Australia Government,
2019).
Aldi is a German family owned supermarket chain in 20 countries over 10000 stores with a
combined sales turnover of nearly 50 billion euros. Aldi has first opened its store in Sydney,
2001 where it has grown rapidly by maintaining a market share of 12.6 percent in 2016.
Recently, the company has expanded its product portfolio by offering, easy to prepare meal,
specialisation in the staple food, discount pricing and other sanitary articles. The employees
of the company are expected to adopt the code of conduct in order to set guiding policies and
principles in the code (Australia Government, 2019).
Discrimination
Workplace discrimination against job applicants could lead to unfavourable on the basis of
race, colour, sex, disability, age, religion and national origin. There is a legislation based on
anti-discrimination laws and Fair Work Act, 2009. The law was implied when it was seen
different types of work behaviour at the workplace and being an employer, he will have to
prevent the discrimination, bullying, and harassment at workplace (Parliament of Australia,
2019). Other law implies Equal Pay Act, 1963 protects women, and men who actually
perform equal work from wage discrimination on the basis of sex (Australia Government,
2019). Other act of civil right Act, 1964 that prevents employee discrimination on the basis of
nationality, origin, race, religion, and sex. Discrimination can be based on indirect

discrimination as referred as “disparate impact,” where it applies to condition but at the same
time, it can be disadvantageous to particular group and unreasonable in every situation
(Parliament of India, 2019).
Aldi follows the prohibition based on discrimination in relation to employment, which is well
established and featured of Australian legal environment (Westgarth, 2017). Law prohibiting
the level of discrimination at workplace in Australia back to 1966 as South Australia has
introduced Prohibition of discrimination Act, 1966 in order to prohibit discrimination based
on race in the aspects of employment and provisions of goods. Every state and other
territories have led to the introduction of protections overlapping and extending protection
affordable under the federal regime. Aldi ensures that any of the employee does not face any
kind of harassment based on race, and sexuality. Racial harassment can be verbal, written,
and physical act that is purely based on individual colour, features, nationality, nationality,
which remain unwanted and offensive to person closely relating to the same person (Labour
Exploitation Accountability Hub, 2019). Sexual harassment leads to undue welcome, and
conducting offensive action based on sexual component.
Exploitation
The Australian government have been continuously relating to the concerns relating to risk of
labour exploitation especially in regards to the migrant workers. In order to combat this
exploitation, it can be related to exerting control while increasing the vulnerability to certain
modern offences and other exploitation (Labour Exploitation Accountability Hub, 2019).
This framework will examine to address some of the important concerns as being introduced
in UK complying to combat with Slavery exploitation. Migrant workers are vulnerable to
slavery exploitation so there are some legal protection in regards to domestic workforce. The
role of the labour exploitation are subject to series of territories inquiries (Victorian Equal
opportunity & human rights commission, 2019). The committee strongly support Australian