Preparing for Professional Career

This report discusses the importance of professional development for career growth, ethical and moral responsibilities of businesses, value of corporate governance and leadership, professional bodies and codes of conduct. It also provides an overview of Arup Group, its stakeholders, and their roles and responsibilities.

Preparing for
Professional Career

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
About the organisation, the type of business and the area in which it run, comprising the roles
and responsibilities of the stakeholders.......................................................................................3
Moral and ethical responsibility of the business.........................................................................4
Value of corporate governance and leadership in the context of business..................................5
Value of professional bodies and codes of conduct....................................................................5
One professional body which improves the professionalism within the business, together with
its positive impacts on the business............................................................................................6
Explain how code of conduct and professional standards have been merged within the
business.......................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:....................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
For the aim of developing career professionally, it needs some certain amount of advance
training and education. Profession development defines a set of tools, training sessions and
resources for teachers and tutors to enhance their teaching quality and effectualness. These
resources and tools enables educators to increase their knowledge in their specific area and
allows of leadership and a chance to learn new techniques of teaching. Individuals who take
initiatives in leadership sessions or workshops create and increase their specialised skills
including quantitative, technical and analytical skills (Fingland and et. al., 2021). Professional
development can also be understood as the process that helps instructors to produce or enhance
their skills to better fulfil the student's requirements. There are various approaches to
professional development such as consultation, reviewing case studies and coaching, technical
support and mentoring. The following report will consider the organisation Arup Group. In the
current assessment, there will be overview of the organisation, together with roles and
responsibilities of its stakeholders. It will also highlight the ethical and moral responsibility of
organisation. Leadership and corporate governance will be also be part of this report. Later, it
will outline the value of codes of conduct and professional bodies. Moreover, one professional
body will be identified in order to know the professionalism within the company while
elaborating it influences the business. In the end, it will also outline how professional standards
and code of conduct have been organized within the business.
TASK
About the organisation, the type of business and the area in which it run, comprising the roles
and responsibilities of the stakeholders.
Arup Group is one of the global professional service organisations in British
administration. It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom that is unified in 1946 by Sir Ove
Arup. It has main operations in the industry of engineering, design, architecture, along with
business consultation facilitating its services all around the world. This organisation gives its
consultancy services, together with advisory, planning and architecture services across every
facet of the built environment (Fernández-Batanero and et. al., 2020). The respective
organisation hires 16,000 employees in over ninety office premises around the planet. For
undertaking challenging and tangled tasks, covering build environment, the organisation has

gained a significant position. It has run its business operations in the countries such as North
America, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe and many more. Stakeholder in the business have an
interest in the business and they can be employee, vendor, investor or any one who is a part of
the organisation. Actions of stakeholders play a very important role as they aid in determining
the results of business. The role of stakeholders support company to meet its strategic goals by
contributing their perspective and experiences of project. Their role is crucial for the overall
success of the business. The main role in Arup Group is yo give business financial and practical
support, together with alter strategies if needed. They also aid in decision-making as they help in
making the right choices of business while taking help from other board members as well. These
decisions might be based on acquisition and liquidations (Mlambo, Silén and McGrath, 2021).
Furthermore, the stakeholder has the responsibility of giving job to workers with clean and safe
surrounding of working, and also indulge job security. Stakeholders are also accountable to meet
the customer's requirements and demands by exercising ethical standards of business.
Moral and ethical responsibility of the business.
The moral responsibility defines the status of human activities or actions, consequences
and intentions. It signifies the understanding and knowledge of right and wrong to behave and
act morally. In the organisation, each member is equally responsible for whatever they have done
in the work. In respect of Arup Group, it can be said that the organisation is morally responsible
for providing the safe and healthy work environment to their workers and employees. This is
done by taking fewer initiatives of environment free of superfluous risks. It is also the moral
responsibility of the company to overlook their payroll and finance system for making sure
employees are receiving their pays on time (Powell and Bodur, 2019). Also, it is important to
treat their customers fairly and do not mislead any kind of information regarding brand or its
products and services. In respect of chosen organisation, it must develop a good relationships
with customers and employees as it is also a moral responsibility.
The ethical responsibility can be defined as the ability of identifying, interpreting and
behaving upon certain values, along with principles in accordance to standards. It deals in
holding the integrity of society and safeguarding the environment. In addition to Arup Group,
ethical accountability is concerned with making sure business runs their activities in an ethical
and fair manner which intends to gain fair treatment of stakeholders comprising investors,
clients, investors and much more. The business is ethical amenable to treat their key people with

fairness and honesty, formulating best practices and increases ethical standards awareness
(Guggemos and Seufert, 2021). The chosen organisation is ethical liable for implementing
systems which aids in creating and maintaining privacy of customers, maintaining confidentiality
of business at the same time and many more.
Value of corporate governance and leadership in the context of business.
The word leadership is all about leading, directing and influencing people which aids in
making employees to work cooperatively and mutually for the attainment of goals of business. It
is taken as an important aspect or fundamental management function which assist business to
direct its resources and improving skillfulness. In business context, the leadership possess a huge
role in the success of the business which supports in communicating business vision and aims
among team members. In respect of Arup Group, leaders guide and instruct their employees so
that they can know what their employees need to perform in the business. It is also essential to
develop employee morale by having cooperation of members for the work while getting them
into confidence so that workers do their best to attain objectives. Also, leadership supports in
conveying policies, along with plan to employees. Also, they helps in resolving team conflicts.
Corporate governance can be defined as the system where business is guided and
controlled. It refers as a system of rules, processes and practices which enhances the balancing
interests of companies stakeholders such as financiers, customers, government and much more.
This implies the concept of environmental awareness, corporate strategy, ethical behaviour, risk
management and corporate strategy (Cooc, 2019.Lockee, 2021). In addition to Arup Group, it is
essential as corporate governance make system of procedures and exercises which ascertain how
the business runs and align the interests of customers. It helps in cultivating the business culture
of Arup Group that helps in gaining positive performance while making sustainability of the
business as well. It is fundamental for rising the liabilities of all the members and groups within
the business as it can give competitive benefits to the business. Also, it can be good to attract
new investors as it provide the organisation a system of best practices while aids in the
company's activities and operations.
Value of professional bodies and codes of conduct.
The professional body can be defined as the company with individual members that
exercise their work professionally and where the business holds an idea of skills, knowledge,
practices and conduct that profession. In respect of Arup Group, the professional bodies are

crucial in holding and enhancing the standards associated to ethics and activities. In UK, RIBA is
one of the professional bodies for architects. It provides its services to individuals and society by
giving better prices of building, sustainable environment and strong communities. The integrity,
honesty and compliance are the three main principles of professional conduct.
The code of conduct in business refers as the policy that lays out the principles, moral
and ethical expectations and standards of the business which workers and third party maintain as
they interact with the association (Thurm and Barzel, 2020). It acts as an internal guidelines for
the workers and employees as the extrinsic statement for business values, together with
commitment. Code of conduct in Arup Groups aids in defining the business values and principles
which aids customers and job applicants to learn about its insight, values and principles. It is
fundamental in accelerating professional development by neglecting unethical practices which
leads to positive outcomes in operations. It supports in resolving issues such as workplace
harassment or discrimination. Also, it aids in making sure that the business follows its policies
and make sure the compliance with state and central legal system.
One professional body which improves the professionalism within the business, together with its
positive impacts on the business.
The professional bodies dedicated to the development of knowledge of profession and
practice by evolving, regulating, supporting and promoting technical as well as ethical
competence standards. They are concerned with the public goodness and their individual's image
as well. The Charted Institutes of Building is one international professional company in UK that
performs their activities to promote and increase for public welfare and exercising the building
and construction activities. The enterprise in respect of Arup Group is needed to follow with
rules of charted, handling business activities so that all actions are conducted as per the healthy
practices (Gaines and et. al., 2019). In construction sector, there are many professional bodies
such as RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) which is known for preserving high quality,
consumer service, design while concentrating on the progress and promotion of the architecture.
There are multiple ways through which professionalism can be practiced in business such as
effectively managaing time by establishing goals, productive in time by making sure the job
liabilities, producing action plans.

Explain how code of conduct and professional standards have been merged within the business.
It is important for the Arup Group to act fairly and honestly in all its dealings which
covers follow rules and regulations, meeting business commitments with clients and other
stakeholders. Arup Groups unified multiple professional standards, along with code of conduct in
order to resolve main regulatory and other vital needs which affects the business and indulges
guidance on ethical concerns (hilipsen and et. al., 2019). The chosen organisation practices
health, well-being and safety by caring about masses, communities and those are affected with
actions. All such actions support company to give safe and healthy working environment to their
workers, travelling business and so on. The organisation takes assistance of representatives and
agents within the organisational honesty code of practice that provides advice, assistance and
local advice to run business operations in an effective way. The chosen organisation acts
reasonably and openly to seek competitive benefits through lawful means i.e. not pursue with
rival to agree any sort of anti-competitive behaviours. It also protects individual information and
assets by following the privacy laws.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded that professional development is crucial in nature as it helps workers in
their professional career by acquiring new skills and knowledge. It supports them to be
productive and prompt at work. Stakeholders in the business support in growth by gaining
success. Ethical and moral responsibilities emphasise on the employee's rights and safety. The
professional body aids in improving professionalism and code of conducts are integrated in
business. For the business, organisational governance along with leadership aids in leading
employees and organisation is oriented and controlled with the policies and systems.

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Gaines, R.E. and et. al., 2019. Teachers’ emotional experiences in professional development:
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