Ethics, Responsibility & Sustainability

This document discusses the importance of ethics, responsibility, and sustainability in the corporate world. It explores the role of stakeholders and the impact of power and responsibility on the consideration of stakeholders and the environment. The document also highlights the Sustainable Development Goals and how organizations like Equality Rights Trust work towards achieving them.

Project
Ethics, Responsibility
& Sustainability
Unit: 8
Final Project
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ABSTRACT
ERS are crucially regarding knowledge as well as acting to link society, economy, education and
atmosphere. Also, at present times, it is crucial for entity to tackle with all global and local
challenges that occurs into its Ethics, Sustainability and Responsibility. Moreover, the
description about the various roles that are played into Equal Rights Trust such as head
operations, finance, office management risk management and many others. Along with this, there
are various sustainable development goals that is essential aspects across the world as it is also
considered as the global goals that is adapted through United nations Members States in year
2015 as a universal call for action to end poverty, safeguard planet as well as assure that whole
individuals enjoy success and peace. Such as SDG 16, 17, 13 and many more are some
Sustainable Development Goals that mainly firms or communities utilise for societal growth in
effective and efficient way. Apart from this, all these are beneficial and helps respective entity as
it intent for addressing whole kinds of organised crime, child abuse and also various exploitation
and many more. Also, whole these can be attained through entity in appropriate and well-defined
manner.
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Table of Content
COVER PAGE…………………………………………………………………………………...1
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………………….…..2
TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………………………………………………….3
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………….....4
-Brief background about Organisation ……………………………………….…..…4
-Description about the role into organisation or community………………….…..5-7
-Exercises with subheading of the week numbers as well as title SDG used…….8-16
RECOMMENDATION ON SDGs by UN………………………………………………….…17
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………17
REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………….18
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INTRODUCTION
Within the corporate world ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility are very
much essential term. As Community or society required ethics, sustainability and responsibility
for assuring that individuals are focused towards a few norms of conduct. Moreover, it is not
distinguishing when this comes to the world of business (Burritt and et. al., 2020). There is
requirement for all three aspects within business for ensuring that appropriate decisions as well
as results can be attained through them. Corporate social responsibility is undertaken as the
management concept wherein firms integrate societal as well as environmental concerns into its
operations of business and interactions with its stakeholders. ERS are crucially regarding
knowledge as well as acting to link society, economy, education and atmosphere. Also, at present
times, it is crucial for entity to tackle with all global and local challenges that occurs into its
ethics, sustainability and responsibility. For this report, the chosen company is Equal Rights
Trust which was developed in year 2007 with intent is to combat discrimination as well as
promote equality as fundamental rights of human as well as social justice principles. The topics
which are going to be covered in this report are brief description about organisation, roles and
sustainable development goals.
Brief background about organisation.
Equal Rights Trust which was developed in year 2007 with intent is to combat
discrimination as well as promote equality as fundamental rights of human as well as social
justice principles. Its objectives are to supports equality through obviating discrimination as well
as promoting equality across worldwide. Moreover, it was formed for pursuing as well as
promoting the rights to equality for participating into whole life areas based upon the equality,
that needs considering the approaches such as comprehensive, holistic and other to various
inequalities (Gatto, 2020). In addition to this, this approach has facilitated the basis of concepts
for whole their activities, that concentrates upon how to attain equality by execution as well as
enactment of equality regulations. Beside this, it is an independent firm that performs into above
40 nations across the worldwide, enhancing awareness of human rights by publishing reports as
well as stories upon several abuses. Along with this, respective firms have basically three goals.
Initial one is, effective knowledge of equality laws as well as their centrality to development and
rights. Second goal is, enhancing expertise as well as ability of equality defenders for securing
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execution as well as adaption of equality regulation. Last but not the least, its third goal is render
vital relation among first and second through developing equality defender vibrant global
network for exchanging information as well as sharing expertise.
So, their initial intent would be attained through them by performing to enhance understanding
of existent global effective activities standards, by collaborating with others to formulate
understanding into much challenging field of equality regulations as well as developing upon
their work describing respective laws into another areas of growth and rights. Also, their second
intent would be attained through developing its successful work facilitating technical,
strategically as well as practical support to equality defenders for engaging into advocacy,
litigation and provision of legal offerings. Additionally, through facilitates support to then for
formulating evidence based upon requirements for developed equality laws. Along with this,
respective firm third goals would be attained by developing their activities over last ten year for
supporting the equality coalition’s development at domestic level, formulating a global network
for whole committed to develop an equal world by regulations (Gómez-Carrasco, Guillamón-
Saorín, and García Osma, 2020). Apart from this, they perform into partnership along with
equality defenders across the world for securing execution as well as adaption of equality
legislation. In respect of their mission, they advocate inter alia for effective recognition of
equality role into sustainable development (Equality Rights Trust, 2019).
Description about the role into Organisation or Community.
In this, I played the role of head of operations. As this is a fantastic position for me as a highly
encouraged person with initiatives as well as experiences. Moreover, I am playing instrumental
role into the growth of global human rights entity. Along with this, with support of Equality
Right Trust’s co- director as well as board of trustees they would also utilise its leadership
competencies for overseeing human resource, monetary and office administration trust. In our
leadership role we consider all Sustainable Development Goals set by United Nation and we are
aware of all development goals set by 2030. In particular we work on SDG 13 on climate change
and taking part in programmes related to it, make awareness within the organization to better
ways in which we can improve as an organisation to reduce global warming. In our organisation
we are aware of major risks that our planet faces and the negative impact on environment which
comes from the business world. Companies actions and production are hurtling the planet and
businesses are behaving unethically for failing to take responsibility.
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One initiative we encourage our staff is not to drive a car instead make alternative method by
taking public transport. We encourage and support climate change programmes and donate
money to support UN project in order to play our part. In addition to this, the role is to introduce
new tactics as well as restructuring their internal operations for developing trust much effectual
as well as efficacious. Rather than this, it also has to advance their system of financial
management as well as formulated and introduced new norms and methods in areas like human
resource as well as risk management. It has to report to co- directors and Senior management
team. At upcoming time, head of operations would also be leading the operations team
optimisation for supporting the programme teams into potential of income generations (He and
Harris, 2020). Instead of this, it has to perform various kind of responsibilities areas such as
managerial strategically, finance, risk management and operative norms, project management,
project development, human resources, office management and others.
Strategic and Managerial
 Collectively with the Co-administrators, act as a member of the Senior
control institution;
 Lead the operations crew, including via overseeing and supervising the
paintings of the Finance manager and institution Administrator, and
constitute this crew at the senior management degree;
 Grow to be privy to and maintain relationships with external assets of
operational useful resource wherein critical;
 Resource the Co-directors and Board of Trustees inside the strategic
planning for the organization.
Finance
 Assist the Co-administrators inside the economic making plans for the
business enterprise;
 Oversee and supervise the art work of the Finance manager;
 Undertake periodic opinions of the Finance supervisor’s paintings, via
sampling and reviewing monetary information to make certain
accuracy and compliance with contractual requirements;
 Danger management and Operational guidelines
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Risk Management and Operational Policies
 Oversee the threat manipulate device, which include safety of the
danger check in;
 offer secretarial useful resource to the Audit and hazard Committee of
the Board of Trustees;
 Preserve and make certain consistent implementation of the trust’s
operational rules in regions consisting of due diligence, safeguarding
and conflict of interest (Healy and Thomas, 2020).
Project Management
 Endorse the Co-directors and make knowledgeable recommendations
on mission implementation problems, such as troubles related to
transport and the control of workforce and financial assets;
 Optimise the planning, budgeting, control and reporting on all tasks;
 Ensure and comply with development goal by UN projects like SD13.
Office Management
 Keep our relationships with key stakeholders and carrier providers;
 Oversee the team Administrator’s paintings handling the London place
of job, which include the IT infrastructure, contracts and buying and
preserving facts of internal aid availability.
You should present each set exercise with the subheadings of the week number as well as
the number and title of the SDG used.
Sustainable Development Goals is considered as the world it desires. They use to whole
countries as well as mean, quite easy for assuring that no one is left behind (Higgins-Desbiolles,
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2020). Moreover, it is also considered as the global goals that is adapted through United nations
Members States in year 2015 as a universal call for action to end poverty, safeguard planet as
well as making sure that whole individuals enjoy success and peace. In addition to this, in similar
years, the government of United Kingdom was committed towards accomplishing Sustainable
Development Goals that SDGs. These intents to develop affluence, harmony, accessing for
education, health care as well as face climate modification internationally. So, every set exercise
with the subheadings of the week number as well as the number and title of the SDG used are
discussed underneath:
Week 1
SDG 16, to explore the relationship between ethics, ethical decision making and
responsibility before looking at the importance of leadership for sustainable.
Ethics is considered as the system of moral principle and also it is concerned with what is
effective for person as well as society and is also undertaken as moral philosophy. Additionally,
this is term that derived from Greek word ethos that means habit, character, customs and others.
Sustainability states as meeting their own requirements without compromising with competency
of future generations to accomplish their needs. Moreover, the ethical decision making is
regarded as the procedures of evaluating the morale implications of an action course. In addition
to this, whole decisions have to be ethical as well as moral beliefs so that it my draw upon them
when it faces hard decisions (Kumi, Yeboah and 2020). Along with this, corporate social
responsibility is undertaken as the management concept wherein firms integrate societal as well
as environmental concerns into its operations of business and interactions with its stakeholders.
As leadership encourages the individuals for higher level of performance by its stronger relations
of human. Moreover, this is essential activities of management that aids respective entity for
maximising the effectiveness as well as attaining objectives so some of its leaders should has
traits of leaders. So that they could bale to performance towards the sustainable development
Also, effective leadership transform into careful public policy development as well as execution
and effectual delivery of public services for meeting the requirements as well as aspiration of
individuals. Attaining SDGs would need concerted potential of government, business industry,
societal as well as citizens. All these are related with one another as Equality Rights Trust
performs towards sustainable development goals so this SDGs 16 aids them to perform ethical
activities in order. to development ethical decisions effectively and efficiently.
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Moreover, by opting respective Sustainable Development Goals Equity Right Trusts can bale to
minimise whole kinds of violence as well as mortality rates across the world. Along with this, it
also places an end for ill-treatment, exploitation as well as trafficking as well as children torture,
promotes full of legislation as well as guarantee access for equality justice for whole (Odia,
2020). Additionally, this also develops for reducing corruptions and bribery within other targets.
This is essential as it incorporates peace, human rights and effectual governability. Few countries
enjoy security and peace permanent level and other goals by violence and disputes cycles. In
addition to this, as various individuals undertake for granted that they live within country in
which each single day, life is peaceful experiences. Also, this is taken to be the rights of each
human being for living into society wherein peace prevails. Also, this is not actual for all people.
So, some firms such as Equality Trust help of them to attain all these rights to them effectively
and efficiently. Additionally, into system of police and justice are impacted through
mismanagement as well as corruption that costs governments into countries development by
large amounts of funds every year. Along with this, within some areas of UK, it is heavily
impacted through disputes and around 28.5 million children have to leave the school because of
un safe situations.
Week 2
Stakeholders and looking what organisation responsible for, before looking at the impact of
power and responsibility on the consideration of stakeholder and environment.
Sustainability states as meeting their very own necessities without compromising with
competency of destiny generations to accomplish their needs. Moreover, the moral choice
making is seemed because the procedures of comparing the moral implications of a motion route.
Similarly, to this, entire choices ought to be ethical in addition to ethical ideals in order that it my
draw upon them while it faces tough choices. Together with this, company social duty is
undertaken as the management concept in which companies combine societal in addition to
environmental issues into its operations of commercial enterprise and interactions with its
stakeholders (Stahl and et. al., 2020). In addition to this, A stakeholder is a party that has an
interest in an organization and may both have an effect on or be stricken by the enterprise. The
number one stakeholder in an average corporation are its traders, employees, clients, and
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suppliers. However, with the increasing interest on corporate social obligation, the idea has been
prolonged to consist of communities, governments, and alternate associations. Additionally, the
stakeholder analysis lets in entity to analyse the influences of each out of doors further to internal
stakeholders upon entity. as it assists them to efficiently manage its impacts and can famed them
about benefits of numerous strategies in addition to tactical movements undertaken through
them. The stakeholder evaluation for Ford Motor organisation is noted underneath:
Primarily based upon the above desk, this will be decided that Equal Rights Trust employer have
several outside as well as internal stakeholders that have direct influences upon entity’s selection
making. The stakeholders like investor has better power and hobby as nicely because of which
they could able to reveal its procedures before them as it may affect its practices.
However, in context of providers, they've lower electricity and hobby each due to which firm so
now not has to significance upon them on the time of planning. Furthermore, managers are those
stakeholders which do not forget entire important choice based totally upon evaluation of several
elements. It also states that manager’s notion must be undertaken into consideration thru control
of respective entity. Attaining SDGs might need concerted ability of government, enterprise,
societal in addition to citizens. these kinds of are related with one another as Equality Rights
believe plays closer to sustainable development desires so this SDGs sixteen aids them to carry
out moral sports in order to development ethical decisions effectively and successfully.
Other than this, as per the United state international Compact, the Sustainable development
desires also promote the non-violent as well as inclusive societies for sustainable development.
Moreover, by means of opting respective Sustainable improvement dreams equity proper Trusts
can bale to minimise whole sorts of violence as well as mortality prices the world over. in
conjunction with this, it also places a stop for ill-treatment, exploitation as well as trafficking in
Stakeholder Interest Power
Employees High Low
Investors High High
Suppliers Low Low
Managers High High
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addition to youngster’s torture, promotes complete of rules in addition to guarantee get right of
entry to for equality justice for entire Thorisdottir and Johannsdottir 2020).
Moreover, this also develops for lowering corruptions and bribery within different objectives.
That is essential because it carries peace, human rights and powerful governability. Few
international locations experience safety and peace everlasting level and different desires by
violence and disputes cycles. in addition to this, as numerous individuals undertake with no
consideration that they live inside country in which each single day, lifestyles are non-violent
stories. Additionally, that is taken to be the rights of every individual for living into society
wherein peace prevails. Also, this is not real for everyone. So, a few corporations which include
Equality accept as true with assist of them to attain all these rights to them effectively and
efficiently.
Week 3
SDG 13 Climate Action.
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Sustainable Development Goals 13 is about regarding Climate action which is considered
to be the one among 17 SDGs. Moreover, it is developed by UN in year 2015. The emphasis of
SDG13 is on action towards increasing adaptation and resilience to the climate change that is
already expected due to firms current and previous actions.
In addition to this, the overall world is impacted through climate change and this also disrupts
the whole economy as well as cause tremendous changing into the patterns of weather
(Tsvetkova, 2020). Rather these alarming events, levels of greenhouse gas emission are
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dangerously higher as well as cause earth for heating world’s average areas temperature even
much. Also, the poverty-stricken communities of firm like Equality Rights Trusts feel the affect
of all these worst aspects. Additionally, Global co-operation is vital for developing sustainable
end for changing climate. Since in year 1990s, carbon dioxide emissions have almost double as
well as affect of it is noticeable within world. such as grains yields low with about 5% for each
1°C enhance into temperature. Moreover, the warmer the earth is, the lower food they may
generate. Even in case whole emissions are stopped, the changing climate cannot be reversible
that is even much reason for keeping level of emission low as much as it can. Respective
Sustainable Development Goals intent for reaching their objectives into conjunctions with
framework of United Nations Conventions upon changing climate through incorporating the
plans of climate change within norms national. This concentrates upon strengthening ability for
reacting to natural disasters that is caused through modification of climate. Within assistance of
this Equity Rights Trusts can able to support developing nations in order to counteract the
changing climate occurrences.
Week 4
Element of sustainability but broadening the view in consideration of the SDG
perspective towards prosperity. To make development in the business and prosperity in term of
profit or revenue, the management can consider effective business model and waste reduction
practices. This will assist in running and operating business operations and activities’ in more
developed manner which provide an adequate contribution in maximising organisational
sustainability and wider prosperity (Waldman, Siegel and Stahl, 2020). Along with this, the
administration of business enterprise can consider and implement appropriate strategies that can
assist in dealing and overcoming ethical issues which affect the current organisational practices
and minimise unnecessary environmental impacts to develop overall effectiveness and
organisational development. In term of improving profitability and enhancing prosperity of the
company, the business management should effectively use appropriate business model which
assist in analysing the influence of macro environmental factors and getting over it in more
developed manner.
Week 5
People, such as reducing poverty, hunger and inequality play diverse role within the
company so that the sustainability of the venture will maintain in effective manner. With the
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effective role of a manager, the individual can make an effective contribution in managing
supply chain and other business practices of the firm. Along with this, person can learn diverse
things and best practices, like effective management, teamwork and many more which assists in
performing the duties and responsibilities of the particular job role in more developed manner. In
addition to tit, with the help of this role, person can also make engagement in term of attaining
and hitting set target of the venture in an amended way.
Week 6
SDG 17, Partnerships
The Sustainable development goals may only be realised along with stronger international
partnerships as well as cooperation’s. Moreover, en effective growth agenda needs inclusive
partnerships at all the levels that are local, national and international. Also, this built on
principles as well as values and on shared objective and vision by putting individuals as well as
the world at middle point. Moreover, for developing the sustainability within economy, society
and environment, this is crucial that partnership exists among government, society and privately-
owned forms (Ye, 2020). Along with this, it entails that whole parties participated for sharing
mutual concerns as well as goals for empowering the firm, stakeholders and individuals. Also,
developing countries has get advantages from these partnerships as about 79% of imports from
developing countries has entered into other nations are free from responsibility, that protects
them from essential amount of fund. In addition to this, the other key aspects upon focusing
towards is infrastructure is internet: also, around 30% of world’ young individuals are very much
attracted with internet as well as are regular online users, yet four billion people does not utilised
internet or having any access to this. In case SDG is accomplished by Equity Rights trusts then
respective countries would receive monetary assistance as well as direction global source and
have debt sustainability into longer period. Rather the least developed nations would have
developed access towards information as well as communication technology for enhancing its
life quality.
Among all above discussed sustainable development goals, SDGs 13 would be effective
for Equity Rights trusts this is related to Climate action.
SDG 13 Climate Action
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13.2 Integrate climate change measures into (national) policies, strategies and planning
What we are doing now
Among all above discussed sustainable development
goals, SDGs 13 would be effective for Equity Rights trusts this
is related to Climate action. Moreover, it could be
accomplished through respective entity as they have felt its
affects related to levels of greenhouse gas emission are
dangerously higher as well as cause earth for heating world’s
average areas temperature and so on. Beside this, Equity Rights
Trusts can able to support developing nations in order to
counteract the changing climate occurrences.
What we could so
This is further analysed that it is essential to focus on
conducting a proper environment analysis so that it is easy to
achieve benefits within time period. It is responsibility if
practitioners to make assure that resources are used with proper
considerations on basis of which it is easy to further expand the
activities. With use of SDG 13, it will be easy for selected firm
to make assure about protecting of environment from the
harmful gases so that long term benefits are achieved easily.
Moreover, it is too analysed that I personally felt that it is
essential to use SDG 13 as because it assist in delivering of
positive results provide best practices to organisation that can
be used on the basis of which it will be easy to focus on
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changing situations and other practices.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report this has been concluded that, ethics, sustainability and corporate social
responsibility plays essential role into corporate world. As all these three aspects within business
for ensuring that appropriate decisions as well as results can be attained through them. Moreover,
ERS are crucial regarding knowledge as well as acting to link society, economy, education and
atmosphere. Also, at present times, it is crucial for entity to tackle with all global and local
challenges that occurs into its ethics, sustainability and responsibility. For instance, firm’s head
of operations plays crucial role to introduce new tactics as well as restructuring their internal
operations for developing trust much effectual as well as efficacious. Rather than this, it also has
to advance their system of financial management as well as formulated and introduced new
norms and methods in areas like human resource as well as risk management. In addition to this,
Sustainable Development Goals is considered as the world it desires. They use whole countries
as well as mean, quite easy for assuring that no one is left behind. Moreover, it is also considered
as the global goals that are adapted through United Nations Members States. Apart from this,
there are some sustainable development goals such as SDGs 16, SDGs 17. SDGs 13 and many
others. All these are beneficial as it intent for addressing whole kinds of organised crime, child
abuse and also various exploitation and many more. Also, all these can be attained through entity
in effective and efficient manner.
RECOMMENDATION
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In September the United Nation members states agreed to adopt 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), making the world understand the importance of safeguarding the planet and
bettering the human conditions. The hard part is getting government and stakeholders to come on
abroad without difficult conditions. The UN has made clear recommendation regarding the goals
and set a timeline on what should be done in advance. Each SDGs has its own rules and
regulation that need to be implemented in order to reach global success in defeating poverty,
global warming and other related issues. Its advised to follow the UN’s Six-Right Based
Recommendations to accelerate the action on the Sustainable Development Goals. The main
objective is to outline the goals to each country has a planned timetable to implement the
recommendations one to six in order and follow the guidelines of the United Nation, leveraging
the agenda by 2030.
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