Understanding the Work Environment: Morrisons' Purpose, Values, and Policies

This report discusses Morrisons' workplace environment, including its purpose, values, ethical practices, public policy, and approaches to minimizing gender and age inequalities. Morrisons is a public limited company that serves a large number of consumers by providing food and non-food products through online and offline stores. The company's main goal is to provide healthy and quality products at affordable prices. Morrisons values its employees and suppliers and is committed to establishing a welcoming culture by treating them fairly and providing development opportunities. The company follows various ethical practices, such as providing safe and hygienic working conditions and not using child labor. Morrisons also complies with various public policies and legislations, such as the Data Protection Act, Sales of Goods Act, and Modern Slavery Act. The report also discusses Morrisons' approaches to minimizing gender and age inequalities, such as providing equal pay and opportunities, establishing an inclusive culture, and promoting positive and safe working environments. Finally, the report compares Morrisons with similar companies, such as Tesco and Ocado, based on various key points.

UNDERSTANDING THE
WORK ENVIRONMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Discussing Morrisons main purpose and goals............................................................................3
Explaining Morrisons values and ethical practices......................................................................4
Describing the public policy and legislations..............................................................................5
Analysing the two forms of identity as the gender and the age also determining various
approaches used by the Morrisons minimizing inequalities........................................................6
Discussion the evidence by developing the key points with the other similar organisation........8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Understanding about the workplace environment is mainly defines about the
environment in which the firm is operating and working for serving the large number of
consumers. The workplace environment of the organisation mainly helps in defining
about its external and internal forces impacting the company operations. With analysing
the workplace environment, it helps in adopting various approaches for minimising the
impacting factors for increasing the productivity and helps Better for achieving the
revenue for the firm. Morrisons recognised as the fourth largest supermarket
established for serving large number of consumer demand by providing the retail
services with supplying food and non-food products to large number of consumers. This
retail company is mainly founded by the William Morrisons and established across
various regions of the England. Morrison is the public limited company which is mainly
listed into the London stock exchange. The food retailer company is mainly established
for serving food by establishing the online and offline stores at various location as for
the convenience of the consumers. The goals of the company is for serving the healthy
and quality products for making better living and making available to all the consumers
by establishing affordable prices. This is mainly adapted for establishing smooth
Working in the company and for achieving the goal and purpose by serving the
consumers with fulfilling the needs and requirements. This report pride details about the
purpose and goals of the company. Also, explainable its values and ethical practices.
Further the relevant public policy and the legislation. Also describing about the two
forms of identity and company approaches to minimising the inequalities. Lastly
differentiation with the similar company with developing the key points.
MAIN BODY
Discussing Morrisons main purpose and goals
Morrisons is mainly established for serving large number of consumers. Achieving
competitiveness as by creating and serving consumers with healthy and safe products

at fair prices. For achieving the success company is working for achieving the purpose
by making more healthier products which is affordable in nature. As by offering range of
product portfolios with providing various new range of more organics and healthier
options helps in reducing the salt , fats and calories (Purpose, 2022). The main aim of
the company is to serve with more healthy and safe products by ensuring as of meeting
all the food standards. Morrisons is supporting more and more farm products as by
acquiring food products as of the raw materials directly from the farmers and fishermen.
further in order to achieving the high-quality standards and protecting the animal welfare
company is organising various test for producing the high standards products which is
healthy in nature and majorly vegan and plant based for promoting heathier living.
Further adopting various sustainable practices as for minimising the impact of sugar and
fat processes products as by introducing new range of new products which are
nutritional in nature (Di Vaio, Hassan and Palladino, 2022). Thus, for achieving the
healthy and affordable products prioritizing the workings with ensuring safer conditions.
Statutory organization are mainly formed by complying the act of law and which is set
up by the governmental institutions. Whereas the non statutory organisation are the
entity which are not set up by the law. As the power and rule in statutory are set up in
the legislation and in non statutory the power and its existence are not set in the
legislation.
Using the system approach theory mainly aims in defining about the organization
is the collection of wide range of systems which are unified for achieving the goal of the
Morrisons. The system in the Morrison mainly comprising staff, using technology,
hierarchical structure, its environment helps in achieving the set goals. Thus, system
helps morrisons for producing quality products to large number of consumers while
operating in dynamic market.
Explaining Morrisons values and ethical practices
Morrisons values is to establishing relations as for prioritising and serving
consumers first. As serving food products by planning for future as for providing the
affordable in nature by prioritising consumers for providing the easy shopping
experience with good quality products and creating trusted brand image (Botelho and
et.al., 2020). Also, the values related to employees and suppliers is to establishing the

welcoming culture by treating fair and supporting employees with providing various
development opportunities.
Various ethical practices followed by the company as to establisbhiing the safe
working conditions and providing hygienic workplace by tokening various steps for
regularly training and educating employees as to meet all the health and safety
standards. Working with the ethical standards as for not using the child labourer in the
company for working. Also, Morrison compensating employees for working on the fair
performance by meeting all the legal standards as for working and paying to the
prescribed hours (Morrisons, 2022). Also forming the policy, as for not following and
discriminating practices related of the race, age, gender, religion, culture, status. Further
providing the equal opportunity for employment in the company as for working and
serving with inclusive establishing the diverse culture and practices by promoting
positive. Abiding with all the laws as for not following any illegal practices as of physical
abuse as by ethical code of conduct for setting the behavioural patterns for meeting all
the ethical practices. Further by adopting the labour division theory ( Marx) in the
company helps in establishing various policies and rules in the company as for dividing
the task for working and achieving in more simplifies manner. As by dividing the hard
task into division among various employees helps in working efficiently and results in
increasing the production level. This helps in dividing and working with efficient manner
by operating equipment’s in the company.
Describing the public policy and legislations
Various rules and legislation to be followed by the company as for serving large
number of consumers in the market as for providing wide range food and non-food
products.
Protecting and securing the information: The data protection act 2018, states
by conducting the business with using the online platforms and serving with the offline
stores the company must secure and protecting the personal information which is
shares with the stores while ordering products with using the online website. This
legislation mainly aims in protecting the user data and helps in operating successfully in
the dynamic market.

Sales of good act : The sales of goods act, as per this legislation the Morrisons
must operate its business according the proper quality and quantity which is specified
on the description of the packaging while purchasing via online an offline store of the
Morrisons. Selling right quality and quantity with serving adequate packaging of the
goods. This government legislation helps in sustaining its position in the dynamic
environment with serving the right quality and quantity products. Also the company must
provide adequate information by being honest regarding the online ordering systems
and cancellation of various products (Haywood and et.al., 2021). Further the term and
various condition with clear information must be provided to the consumer with
purchasing products its websites.
With using the Modern slavery act it mainly helps in protecting and supporting
various individuals by elimination factors which impacts the labour rights and providing
the safe and positive working culture to all the employees for working in the company a
for producing the goods with motivating and providing secure environment and working
conditions.
Full and clear description for trading in fair terms: This government
legislation mainly states about describing the full details of products sold online and on
offline stores. The consumers have right to inform and get full details about the
products. This legislation supports in providing the pre information of the products which
is placed on using the online websites and consumers have the full right to cancel and
return the product in case of defect for changing and refunding about the delectable
products (Verma, 2022). Also, answering and providing the helpline number for
assisting the consumer regarding various issues related to the product served by the
company to the large number of consumers.
Further with using the late modernity theory in the company it mainly states for
forming the policy for working as by educating all the employees for developing various
abilities and skill's as for continuing the modernisation (Mah and et.al., 2019). This helps
in securing the working culture and working by addressing all the values of the
company. Modernizing the society and the working conditions of the company by
educating and training employees helps in continuously adopting the modernisations in
its working practice its results in modernity.

Analysing the two forms of identity as the gender and the age also determining various
approaches used by the Morrisons minimizing inequalities
The main two form of identity as for serving the large number of consumers with
producing the food and non-food products is the age and gender. Gender inequality is
the discrimination faced by the employees and various individual working in the
company regarding the age, sex, gender, colour by not paying equal regardless of
assigning the equal roles and responsibility, also harassing the employees while
working (Xu and Lee, 2020). Also, related to the age by not treating all the individual
equally according to the age and considering individual as the less favourable as for
working and supporting the company regarding the age it is the discriminating nature
related with the age.
For minimising this inequity related to the gender the Morrison as adopting
various approaches as of the regarding and rewarding efforts by equally paying to the
women and men for contributing their extra efforts for achieving the desired results of
the company (Piernas, Harmer and Jebb, 2022). As by establishing the pay policy in
working. Further by celebrating the diverse culture by establishing the inclusively work
practices as by establishing the zero tolerable and discriminating environment with
providing the safe working conditions as by investing into training and developing the
safe and supportive environment. Further the company is establishing the approaches
by creating the inclusive working environment helps in supporting the well being of
women for handling the women issues by establishing the equality. Further training and
establishing various developmental programs as for educating the employees helps in
avoiding the discrimination by giving the equal rights (Mesiranta, Närvänen and Mattila,
2021). Thus, educating employees for developing the ability and providing equal
opportunities to the women and men in the company helps in delegating the task and
performing in better way. Also hiring employees and establishing the inclusive
environment in the company helps in minimizing the gender equality in the basis of the
backgrounds. Morrison is also providing the equality and minimising the age
discrimination with providing the flexible working hours to all the employee working and
serving the company regardless of the age and gender.

Forming positive working culture and safe working environment by running the
internal campaigns for supporting the well-being of employees helps in reducing the
inequality in working as with providing the equal right to speak and get the equal pay to
all the employees which are working in the same roles and responsibilities (Bildhauer
and et.al., 2022). This helps in minimizing the gender inequalities by promoting the
positive and equal paying and giving to women by eliminating the discrimination with
serving users arriving at stores. The Morrison is celebrating and providing equal rights
by establishing the inclusive culture with treating employees. Also providing the flexible
working hours and granting the leaves to the worn as the motherhood, parental leaves ,
providing holiday packages and regular compensation on the fair basis for regularly
serving the company for achieving the desired objectives.
Discussion the evidence by developing the key points with the other similar organisation
With selecting the two similar companies as for discussing the differences based
on various key points. Tesco, Morrisons and Ocado. As Tesco is the multinational
retailer store which is Selling various food and non-food products to large number of
consumers. Ocado is the company which is mainly serving wide range of products to
large consumers with establishing the online and offline stores.
Basis Morrisons Ocado Tesco
Type
Morrison is the
public listed
company mainly
established for
serving large
consumers with
offering various retail
products. As it is
listed in the stock
exchange of
London.
Ocado is mainly
recognised as the
public limited
company which is
serving various retail
products to
consumers.
Tesco established
as the public limited
company listed in
London stock
exchange serving
large number of
consumers with the
food and non-food
products in the
dynamic market for
sustaining its

position.
Ethical practices Various ethical
practices followed by
the company is to
secures the working
conditions and
respecting all the
human rights by
treating fair to all the
employees.
Various ethical
practices followed by
the company as with
educating and
training employees
with familiarising all
the policies and
procedures for
securing the working
environment. As it is
Also maintaining its
social
responsibilities by
serving for the
benefit of society.
Tesco is following
and operating its
business with not
exploiting the
consumer interest
and suppliers of the
company by selling
and providing fair
prices products with
adequate
information.
Approaches to gender
and age equality
Various approach
adopted by the
company is top train
all the employees
and paying the fair
compensation a for
mining the inequality
among men and
women (Ratten,
2021). Also creating
positive and
Various approaches
adopted as for
serving and
educating the
employees for
achieving equality
and forming the
positive working
culture for
minimising the age
and gender
Tesco is forming
various policies for
promoting the
females over males
in prioritising and
equally distributing
the role and
responsibilities for
minimising the
inequalities in the
company.

inclusive diverse
culture by including
various individuals
from the diverse
backgrounds.
inequalities.
Values Main values of the
company is to
serves the
consumers frost with
healthy and
sustainable food
products , also
working with
collaborating
members as by
creating and
achieving the future
goals also
responding and
listening the
consumer needs
and requirements for
driving sales by
careening
employees working
for serving the
company.
The company is
offering various
range of products for
establishing the
healthy working
conditions with
offering healthy and
delicious food at fair
prices. These helps
in attracting rage
number of
consumers for
reaching the
products at the fair
process with
adopting various
ways for selling the
products as adopting
the online mode.
Tesco main values
is to understanding
the consumer needs
and their
preferences by
attracting
responsibly and
working with united
team of members for
achieving trust and
respect.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that Morrison is recognised as th
fourth largest retail store for serving large number of consumers with providing food and
non-food products at th affordable prices. The company is the private limited by
adaptation various ways with providing the online and offline shopping experiences to
large number of consumers. With using the online websites as the commerce
platforms. The purpose an goals of the company is to provide the healthy food products
to large number of consumers with serving at affordable prices with offering various
healthy range of products with setting the top standards. The company is following
various ethical practices for adopting and establishing the inclusive earning
environment. Following the hierarchy organizational structure in the company helps in
delegation and distributing the work to all the employees with assigning proper roles
and responsibility. Further by analysing the two forms for determining the approaches
used by the company as for resolving the inequality are related to the gender and the
age perspectives. Further more, various legislations and public policy of the company is
adopted as for serving large number of consumers. Also, the company is serving by
adaptation various values as the consumers first and working in teams by listening ad
properly responding to the consumers for driving sales for delivering the best results.

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