Business Law and Ethics: Employment Law and CSR Report - LSC UoS BA

This report provides an overview of UK employment law, discussing its structure and whether it favors employers or employees. It also examines the extent to which corporations take Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) seriously, exploring CSR as a voluntary enterprise with increasing legislative presence. The report delves into the importance of CSR in creating and operating businesses ethically, emphasizing environmental management, fair trade, employee motivation, educational opportunities, and community relations. It further highlights how CSR enhances business performance, brand image, and ultimately contributes to long-term profitability. Desklib offers a platform for students to access this and other solved assignments.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................4
Discuss the broad structure of UK Employment Law and indicate who you think UK
Employment Law favours – either employers or employees......................................................4
2)Discuss the extent to which corporations take Corporate Social Responsibility Seriously....5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
This report summarises the progress in the global business environment , ethical
issues ,complex business relationships and employer and employee relationships in context with
UK current employment laws. Employment laws are developed to ensure that both employers
and employees are protected . As a matter of fact there are almost 4 million limited companies in
the UK, providing employment to nearly 21 million full-time employees. The legislation
regulating the subjects of pay, allowances, dismissal, holiday entitlement, discrimination,
disciplinary process,reasonable management for employees with disabilities, equality,dignity and
integrity of every individual working as employee. Ultimately, the laws of employment are to
protect businesses, providing specific directions about what responsibilities and obligations
towards their employees and protections vested as business owners. There must be an
environment wherein relationship is fair between employer and employee. UK employment laws
also emphasize to protect employees from hiring process which needs to be fair . There must be
National Minimum Wage to the workers on the basis of their age , also provided that all the
members of the age above 23 entitled to the National Living wage. Also employees are protected
by the Equality Act 2010, which prohibits any act of discrimination against candidates .(Cortez,
N., 2018). As a member of the employer each member is protected on nine grounds including
gender,race or disability. Where a member joins the membership they are also protected by
health and safety laws which means all the staff member have the right to work under a safe and
healthy environment.
TASK
Discuss the broad structure of UK Employment Law and indicate who you think UK
Employment Law favours – either employers or employees
The laws relating to employment aims to cover large area of the legal system and related subjects
in the employment relationship , mainly governs processes and policies. Since the employees in
the UK works on a contractual terms under the common law (law of contract) which forms the
legal relation between the employer and employee . Notwithstanding with any provisions of
contract law there are other statutes which provides protection rights.

In the early 1970s a drastic growth in the employment was witnessed, and it resulted in amount
of employment protection legislation passed in common laws.(Nguyen, and et.al., 2022)
Traditionally, in UK there have been three main categories of worker namely: self employed,
independent contractors , agency workers , each of such workers enjoys employment protection
rights. For many years employers have been upset about the existence of employment law that
the law prevailing is more employee friendly. However the government acknowledged the issue
and introduced a chain of modifications which have been largely 'employer friendly' . For
instance a change in the mandatory early conciliation (ACAS) which is created to reduce
employment tribunal claims. Basically this procedure states about the claims, when an individual
brings claim against the employer then they have to give the details of their employer further,
ACAS proceeds as contact to the employer and seeks an opportunity in settling the issues before
the claim is made. In case conciliation is refused by either of the party or does not take effect , in
such case ACAS will issued a certificate which permits the individual to put forward their claim
at tribunal , here the rule is if there is no certificate , no claim. This new change is design to
favour more to employer by discouraging the claims.(Batrancea, Nichita, and Batrancea, 2018)
Recently , it seems an all-embracing coverage in respect of prevailing employment laws in
United Kingdom, many people think that the law governing employment laws are not as
effective in preventing the growth and the businesses are pulling their hand to recruit new
employees , it seems there is rapid reduction in the employment generation. In response to this
various consultations by the department of business, innovation and skill in order to give
attention to the employees and their rights. A statistic report which says , that nearly 40 percent
of claims were dismissed unfairly during the year 2010-11, even government addressed the
situation efforts were made to cope with the situation. As previously mentioned about how
arbitrarily the ACAS denied the claims of individual , now the employment tribunal will be
awarding a maximum of 20,000 pounds costs against debtor party against whom judgement is
decreed. Likewise,the claimant to make a deposit of 5000 pounds as a stipulation in respect of
claim that may be weak to proceed with . The preventive measures should be consider to redress
the balance in favour of employers .(Sheng, P., 2019)

2)Discuss the extent to which corporations take Corporate Social Responsibility
Seriously
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is considered as more voluntary enterprise sense then a
legal mandate . The world has observed the rise of definitive CSR legislation . It is a
management which aims to create and operate, its key importance grows , as the business
relations management puts their heart into, shedding some light onto the foundation of corporate
responsibility leads down the approach which is strategic by the valuable share owner can be
provided by the fair and more. The responsibility and the liability which a corporation takes in an
social environment on its shoulders, the ethics of the institution and the transparency of the
surroundings of the company, helps in the ordeal development of the sustainability. If in notion
we understand the possibly laid down key principles of the Corporate Social Responsibility that,
it can be less complicated to understand to figure out the solutions of the social setup and the
rising of the social standards. Within the interpretation of CSR, we can lean on to the vitals of
preaching some following responsibilities, such as , the management of environment in
association with the controlling of the waste management the sustainability developments on
point. Secondly looking for outsourcing of the responsibilities which are in the manner where the
fair trade is rising, combining strengths is the spin in for a good production of the
business ,where everybody works along with everybody grows the foundation of the
organization as a whole, that comes from putting motivation bone in the employees , where they
with their real will works deliberately on the different projects for the company which welcomes
the profits for the enterprise. (Preti, A.A., 2020) The next following task for institutional social
responsibility is to uphold its way in handing out possible opportunities in the educational
sectors, their contributions in the reforms in the social welfare. Community relations are the part
of the company pyramid , maintaining them can be the prior job of the organization. The
stakeholders of the company which are interested in the business and eventually they are even
effected by the actions of the company , shareholders pay up a amount , which is resulted in the
salaries of the employees, in order for the pleasant stakeholders , presenting fair values of the
enterprise is good enough role for the company. The strategies which is the responsibility of the
organizations put impact on various groupings of the share owners, the kinds which are under the
impressions of the authority which is obtain by the enterprises are the consumers , for which the

organization must regulate the consumer relations, avoid predatory pricing, truthfully advertise
the brand or the product . In the matter of the suppliers , the caution should be looked upon the
supplies of the goods and services, and see over the principles of business ethics and the
trading mannerism, the health and wage system of the labors shall be managed accordingly of the
benefits of the suppliers and the other team members of the production , distribution etc. then
the next guidelines under the institution responsibilities, is creating communities for the
upholding the way how good deeds the organization can do or have done till now , the charity
work , working toward the welfare pf the educational, child reform, employments law,
preventing sexual harassment and to provide healthy office environment for the employee as
well the employer. Vitality of the Corporate Social Responsibility enhance the business
performances of the corporation , the advancement in the competitive platform helps in the grind
rule of looking after the competition on the business ground it can also help saving operational
cost by avoiding costs of energy or unnecessary fees . Most importantly, corporate social
responsibility emphasized to create for any company a stature of brand with a positive image of
a reputable ethical business and over the few decades world has witnessed its rise in the form of
CSR legislation.(Cowley, C., 2022)
CONCLUSION
The subject of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become one of the favourite study for
most of the social scientist and different schools of social thoughts . The CSR principle gives the
way to focus on maximizing share holders wealth , it raises fundamental issues about corporation
responsibilities in modern-day societies on the far side their regular obligations. In the long run ,
it is required for the CSR to improve access to resources which is required for firms operations
and ultimate profit this is how the CSR remains an important source of concern.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Cortez, N., 2018. The evolving law and ethics of digital health. In Digital health (pp. 249-269).
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Cowley, C., 2022. Teaching Medical Ethics through Medical Law. Teaching Philosophy, 45(2),
pp.139-152.
Nguyen, and et.al., 2022. Personal business ethics in global business: a cross-cultural study
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Preti, A.A., 2020. Markets, Ethics, and Business Ethics. Teaching Ethics, 20(1/2), pp.169-171.
Sheng, P., 2019. The Current Situation of the Business Ethics of Chinese Enterprises and
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