Preparing for a Professional Career

This report discusses the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility and Code of Conduct in preparing for a professional career. It also covers the support and guidance available from relevant professional bodies and provides a CPD plan to enhance knowledge and skills.

Preparing for a
Professional Career

INTRODUCTION
Different types of challenges are faced by the various business organisation who are
operating their business functions at the global level and the main reason behind this is the
dynamic business environment (Cheevapruk, Pasunon and Chantuk, 2018). The following report
is based on the corporate social responsibilities which is being considered as one of the most
important ethical issue. The following report is going to discuss about the challenges and the
code of conduct that is being taken into consideration by the company management in order to
solve the issue which is mentioned. Afterwards this report will discussed about the professional
bodies which helps in dealings with these issues. In the end a CPD plan is formulated in this
report that assist in understanding about the detailed learning in the module.
MAIN BODY
TASK A
Corporate Social Responsibility
The corporate social responsibility is basically a management concept in which the
different types of business organizations combines the social as well as environmental concerns.
It has been make sure by the company management that they meet all the needs of the
stakeholders. The corporate social responsibility may be defined as those policies and practices
which are taken into consideration by the company management in order to have a positive
influence all across the globe (Griner and Salmon, 2021). By doing this, they are able to develop
a good image in the market which result in attaining all there goals in a very effective manner. It
is very important for the firm to take care the environment because they get the resources from
environment, so it is there responsibility to use the resources in a very balanced and optimized
manner.
It has been observed that the corporate social responsibilities have a great impact on the
business organisation. TESCO PLC is a well known British multinational brand of United
Kingdom and the company management believes that success can be attain by showing a ethical
behaviour towards the society, workforce and the customers. They offer high quality of goods
and services to their clients and take a proper care of the environment by reducing the carbon
footprints. This not only assists the company in increasing their potential customer base but also
help in develop a good image in the mind of customers.

If they don't do this, then this directly affect their sustainability in the global competitive
market. In the recent time it is very crucial for the company management to take care the
environment because the consumers are well aware about the safety of the environment and the
hygiene. If the company are involves in the CSR then this result in increasing their expenditure
but this give assistance to them in improving their sustainability as well as profits for a long
period of time.
Code of conduct
The proper code of conduct give assistance to the business enterprises to attain the
defined objectives in a very successful manner (Gunderson, 2021). They give respect to their
employees and follow all the principles of business integrity. In relation to the TESCO plc, the
values which are follow by the firm are as follows: -
Integrity
Respect
Responsibility
Pioneering
These values make the TESCO PLC more strong. These practices assist in engaging the
workers and retain them within the company. Wise decisions are taken by them in order to
develop healthy and strong relationship with the stakeholder. Some standards are followed by the
TESCO PLC and all these standards are aligned with the values which give assistance to them
operating effectively. The three pillars has been discussed below: -
 Preventions: -at all the levels they follow the culture.
 Detection: - they motivate the workforce and engage them in the decision making.
 Response: -Effective tools are used by them in order to overlook all the functions and
regularly improves them.
An effective way is provided by the code of conduct which are followed by them. The
management of the company treat all their employees equally so they feel valuable within the
firm (Hallmann and et. al., 2019). In addition to this, the firm also follow the anti pollution
guidelines by which they can work effectively towards he environmental safety. The obeying of
all the code of conduct result in attaining the success.

Discuss the support and guidance available from the relevant Professional
Bodies/Organisations
Professional bodies are basically the professionals which guide the firms to accomplish
the aims. Different types of challenges are faced by the firms but the guidance of the professional
assist them in attaining the success. The professional bodies which give assistance in overcoming
the challenges has been discussed below: -
 Social Work England: -this professional body work on maintaining the health and safety
of the society people. It is very essential to protect the interest of the individuals and
promote the welfare (LaGree, Tefertiller and Olsen, 2021). This body was established in
2017 on order to set the standard. The CSR is required to be followed and also protect the
people interest. They also make sure that no unethical actions are carried out by the firm
which hit hard to the environment.
 Government: - the government of the UK make sure that all organisation working in the
nation effectively follow the corporate social responsibilities and don't harm the
environment as well as company workforce. In addition to this, they also make sure that
firm serve quality product to their customers and all the standards are follow by them .
Concludes with an assessment of the likely impact both the support and codes of conduct
could have on the issue
Code of conduct plays a very crucial role behind the company success so it is very
important for the company management to follow the values and ethics in proper manner. This
result in developing good image of thee firm in the market and attract large base of customers.
Code of conduct are basically the standard which assist firm to deal with the challenges
effectively and overcome form them (Osbornand and Belle, 2019). The professional bodies act
as a helping hand which give assistance to the business enterprises so that they don't carry out the
unethical activities.
If code of conduct is not follow by the company then, they have to face the challenges like
employees are not working properly and they not deal with the customers in proper manner. This
may also arise to the legal compliances and penalties.

PART B
CPD PLAN
What do I want to
learn?
What will I do to
achieve this?
What resources or
support will I need?
What is my success
criteria?
Ethical issues I understood that the
main reason behind
rising in the ethical
issues is the
globalisation. This
increases the
challenges as well as
competition in the
market.
First I have to study in
the class in proper
manner and I also
have to conduct the
research on regular
basis so, that I can
gain the knowledge
about the dynamic
market conditions and
the rising issues.
There are different
types of ethical issues
which improves my
knowledge to attain
the success in carrier.
By gaining the
information about the
firm I can effectively
understand the issues
which are faced by
them.
By developing the
action plan, I can
attain the success.
With the help of
action plan I can
effectively checked
that whether I
enhanced my
knowledge and
develop skills or not.
Corporate social
responsibility
I understand that
CSR plays a very
important role in the
foe each and every
It has been analysed
by me that the
company follow the
CSR. It is very crucial
It is essential to
understand about the
actions which
improves my

business
organization. If they
follow the CSR then
they can enjoy the
positive impact and
can attain the set
objectives in proper
manner.
for to follow all the
principles of CSR so
that the firm also
follow the same.
knowledge. By
making notes of all
the points I can
enhance my
knowledge.
Code of conduct All the business
organisation follow
the code of conduct
and it is very
important for them to
know about the CSR
practices which
provide the direction
to work. This assist
the firm to handle and
face the ethical
challenges.
All these code assist
me in my future
success and all these
have to be followed
by the firm to attain
the success.
Proper plan is
needed by me which
me out to learn about
the code of conduct.
The name of big
companies is write
down by me and
learn about their
code of conduct.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that it is very crucial for the company
management to know about the dynamic business environment. Different types of issues are
faced by the companies, so it is very important for them to identify the problem and solve them.
This report conclude the discussion about the CSR and the Code of Conduct that have to
followed by the firm to attain all the set goals. This report also discussed about the professional
bodies which give support to the business organisation to take the proper decision.

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