Moral and Ethical Responsibilities in Professional Career - Desklib

PREPARING FOR
PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1. OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANISATION AND TYPE OF BUSINESS...............................3
2. MORAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ORGANISATION.....................4
3. LEADERSHIP AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE..........................................................5
4. PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND CODE OF CONDUCT.....................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
The aim of this report is to comprehensively illustrate moral and ethical responsibilities
and codes of conducts, giving details of the moral obligations on the company. Code of conduct
is the references set by the organization for helping various stakeholders to identify a company's
values. Further, this report also includes leadership and corporate governance, importance of
having good leadership and strong corporate relations in the organization. Shading light on the
importance of standards set by professional bodies such as RIBA and CIOB and importance of
such bodies in bringing professionalism in the industry. And the way enhancement of
professionalism has taken place in the companies will be explained.
For this purpose the company taken is Balfour Beatty, it is a construction company,
having its headquarters in united kingdom. Balfour Beatty is an industry leader providing
construction services and has delivered many infrastructure projects, design builds, in both
private and public sectors across the globe. In this report company's code of conduct and
professionalism will be highlighted and how over the years company has built a strong ethical
culture and incorporated effective corporate governance will be discussed. Further importance of
professional bodies in bring better culture and professionalism will be mentioned.
MAIN BODY
1. OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANISATION AND TYPE OF BUSINESS
Balfour Beatty Plc, a construction company which was founded by George Balfour and
Andrew Beatty in the year 1909. The quoted organization is a multinational infrastructure group
based in UK and distributed the business performance in three segments such as infrastructure
investments, support services and construction services mainly in UK, USA and Hong Kong.
The rationale behind this construction organization is to develop, finance, build and maintain
innovative and efficient infrastructure which assist the daily life of the community at large
(Rissler, 2019). With a more than 110 years of experience the customers across the globe rely on
the working which aids them to meet the toughest challenges. The given company work includes
the civil engineering work, high-way services & asset management, refurbishment, modular
systems, interiors, ground engineering and structural strengthening, protection & repair. Balfour
Beatty is a leading fixed rail project contractors which delivers major infrastructure, track-work,
electrification, specialist plant, track systems and maintenance work. The modern rail
engineering work have its approach in the US and Germany too. Apart from the core market they