Preparing for a Professional Career

This document discusses the importance of preparing for a professional career and explores the ethical challenges in the global business environment. It provides insights into workplace diversity and the code of conduct that helps resolve issues. It also discusses the support and guidance available from relevant professional bodies and includes a reflective CPD plan.

PREPARING FOR A
PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART A ..........................................................................................................................................3
Introduce and defines the issue chosen........................................................................................3
Explain code of conducts that helps to resolve issues.................................................................3
Discuss support and guidance avail from relevant professional bodies......................................5
Conclude the impact of both support and code of conduct..........................................................5
PART B............................................................................................................................................5
Write reflective CPD plan............................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Career professional offers opportunities for students to participates in learning
experience. To bring development professionally aids to advanced future growth (Park, 2020).
Henceforth, professional development helps to accelerate the personal growth of an individual.
The present report is based on the business activities Aldi, it is global leading brand that is
engaged in retail chain of supermarket.
The present report is based on topic as to assess the ethical business issues and challenges
within global business environment. Furthermore, study will cover activities as to examine
ethical issues within global business environment. Also, assignment will cover reflective
continuous development that aids to identifies learning.
PART A
Introduce and defines the issue chosen.
In today's era, this can be stated that professional skills extremely plays effective role in
the business world. Henceforth, professional skills such as leadership, project management,
mentoring and conflict resolution can be termed out as value added skills and this is essential to
any career (Héliot, Gleibs and Rojon, 2020). This also assistive to assist an individual to bring
improvement in his presentation skills to share knowledge with people.
Therefore, this can be stated that the one chosen ethical challenge that is facing by global
business environment of today is workplace diversity. It is affecting the working of enterprise at
huge level. Diversity at the workplace supports company workforce and this is inclusive of
gender, religion, race, ethnicity and cultural background etc. This has become one of the ethical
challenge as this is affecting the working practices of enterprise. In addition to this, it can be
stated that workplace diversity is crucial inside and outside the enterprise. Culturally diverse
workers have different opinion, thoughts, beliefs, values, trends and conditions (Skaggs, Kmec
and Bae, 2020). Hence, Aldi is an entity that assumes that customer satisfaction mainly based on
two components such as price and services. However, workplace diversity impacts the working
standards, approach to CSR adoption and entities sustainability.
Explain code of conducts that helps to resolve issues.
For the enterprises, the code of conduct exists to explicitly outlines workplace rules and
values. With help of maintaining workplace diversity the entity needs to adhere with policies,
procedures, safety rules and other crucial information. Therefore, business code of conduct aids

to bring out streamlined business activities that helps to accomplish business objectives.
Organisation needs to create the ethical workplace and put the enterprise code of conduct in
writing for employees to follow. Each entity must follow code of conduct to run better business
activities (Patnaik and Shukla, 2020). This is vital for manager to fosters ethical behaviour within
the organisation. Ethics is termed out as code of conduct that assist to determine that how well a
diverse workforce needs to be treated. It is crucial for business leaders to put consideration on
how diversity and ethics affects the working of enterprise at huge context. Henceforth, the code
of conduct is outlined as following context as are-:
Ethical behaviour in workplace- This is termed out as behaviour within workplace that
founded on the moral compass of the company. Ethical behaviour is doing the right thing
regardless of whether an individual is being watched or not (Greco and Kraimer, 2020). Thus,
manager and HR needs to build the policies and procedures that can assist them to carry out
business practices effectively and efficiently. Thus, number of the ethics policies are built in the
enterprise by from government and regulatory bodies. Henceforth, this can be stated that the
effective code of ethics and conduct aids to prevent from doing unethical things. Thus, ethically
driven firm performs their business activities in effective and efficient manner.
Build trust and credibility- The success of business is mainly dependent on the trust and
confidence within employees, customers and shareholders. This is crucial for enterprise to deal
with employees effectively and efficiently (Olsthoorn, 2020.). In order to maintain the workplace
diversity, there is needs to maintain the level of trust between managers and employees so that
they do not get discriminated.
Establishing policies and procedures- Business managers and leader are responsible for
building effective corporate culture. They must provide solution that how ethical and cultural
issues needs to be viewed. Thus, each entity needs to established some ethical and policies to
bring out better plan of action. By conducting training with role playing, the business leaders
must help employees in terms to create the better understanding and to assist each other to cope
with issue of diversity. With the use of establishing effective policies the entity can able to run
better practices within enterprise.
Focus on behaviour of people- The entity must look over the behaviour of people. In order to
maintain the positive working environment, they need to provide training to individuals in aspect
of workplace diversity (Olsthoorn, 2020.). Thus, managers must terminate the workers who

creates conflict situation by discriminating employees on the basis of gender, age and religion. In
order to set up better and effective cultural workforce, this is crucial to focus on each individual
behaviour so that no discrimination can take place.
Discuss support and guidance avail from relevant professional bodies.
Tesco can be one of the suitable example and guidance to the Aldi in managing the
workplace diversity. This is enterprise that is committed to provide the inclusive workplace
environment. Tesco Plc is fully committed to building the diversified business workforce.
Henceforth, this is enterprise that takes initiatives as to encourage to share their knowledge,
explore career sponsorship, mentoring and networking (Héliot, Gleibs and Rojon, 2020). With
help of managing the diversity the enterprise aids to enhance cultural awareness and also widen
language skills. This also minimizes the potential barrier such as prejudice that aids to undermine
the company performance. Tesco promotes the diversity and inclusive working environment
practices to work with different countries and cross cultural people.
Conclude the impact of both support and code of conduct.
Hereby, it can be summarized that diverse multi cultural work place undertakes the
business practices that enables to handle the diverse projects. Ethics are defined as values, beliefs
that aids to undertake the businesses practices in streamlined manner (Park, 2020). Thus, present
report has defined the code of conduct that can aids to overcome the issue of and helps to build
out the positive work environment within Aldi. Furthermore, support and guidance has been
taken from the professional bodies such as Tesco. This has been done in order to frame out
diversified and inclusive working environment within Aldi.
PART B
Write reflective CPD plan.
Smart objectives
 To build diversified working culture within an enterprise.
 To bring innovative and creative approaches to overcome from ethical issues that occurs
within business environment.
CPD plan
Area of Learning Reflection of
Learning
Future
Implementations
Action

Conflict handling I have learned that
how I can handle
conflicts in my
professional career if I
face with diversified
workforce. I think this
is one of my important
and necessary skills to
as this aids me to
boost my growth in
professional career.
In the near future any
conflicts happen relate
with diversified
workforce. In my point
of view, diversified
culture must be built
so that each
organisation can have
competent employees
who have innovative
and creative approach
in their performance.
In order to cope with
cultural barrier, this is
crucial to provide
training to employees
and take steps to build
positive workforce
environment. With the
use of effective
communication skills,
I can able to overcome
from the problems
such as cultural
barrier. This can aid
me to deal with things
effectively.
Strategies to
overcome from the
ethical issues
I have learned that
ethics and code of
conduct are that part
that can aids to deal
with each business
problem. Each entity
should follow ethical
and code of conduct so
that effective and
manageable workforce
can be build out
successfully.
With the use of ethical
code of conduct an
effective diversified
culture can be built up.
This will help me to
deal with any kind of
obstacle in
professional career.
strategies to overcome.
By setting up effective
communication and
training facilities the
entity can able to bring
out better
environment.
Impact of ethical
issues
Ethics and code of
conduct to running out
business practices
I have learned that
how individuals of
different culture can
With the help of
making suitable
strategies the issues

have huge impact on
working of enterprise.
It can help to deal with
things effectively and
efficiently.
bring positive impact
on working of
enterprise.
relate with barriers to
culture can be sorted.
This can aid to
facilitate the better and
effective culture
within the enterprise.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Héliot, Y., Gleibs, I.H. and Rojon, C., 2020. Religious identity in the workplace: A systematic
review, research agenda, and practical implications. Human Resource Management. 59(2).
pp.153-173.
Skaggs, S., Kmec, J.A. and Bae, K.B., 2020. Managing Racial Diversity: The Context of State
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Patnaik, B. and Shukla, M.K., 2020. Creating a participative global workplace: A DEMS based
approach. Strategic Direction.
Greco, L.M. and Kraimer, M.L., 2020. Goal-setting in the career management process: An
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Olsthoorn, A., 2020. An examination of the career aspirations of Irish children within the
framework of goal contents theory.
Park, 2020 Héliot, Gleibs and Rojon, 2020 Skaggs, Kmec and Bae, 2020 Patnaik and Shukla,
2020 Greco and Kraimer, 2020 Olsthoorn, 2020.
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