Professional Career Prep: Sustainability, Ethics, & Professionalism

This project report explores the crucial aspects of preparing for a professional career, focusing on sustainability and ethical conduct within a business context. It highlights various issues such as government regulations, optimum resource utilization, and the importance of professionalism. The report emphasizes the need for companies like Next Plc to adopt sustainable practices and ethical codes of conduct to enhance performance, mitigate risks, and foster a positive corporate image. It also discusses the role of professional bodies and the potential positive and negative impacts of implementing strict codes of conduct. A CPD plan is included, outlining goals for learning about sustainability, ethical conduct, and professionalism, with specific actions and success criteria for personal and professional development. The report concludes that addressing ethical issues and embracing sustainability are vital for long-term success and positive organizational impact.

Preparing for a
Professional Career

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
CPD plan .........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Sustainability can be described as ability of a company to meet needs of their
organisation without creating impact over ability of them to meet needs of future generation
(Fletcher, Warren and Hernández-Gantes, 2018). There are different types of resources required
by business in order to meet needs of business including economic resources, environmental
resources and social resources. Sustainability is not limited to environmentalism instead it is also
including economic development, social equity and other things. This project report includes
description of different types of issues and challenges faced by company. It explains needs codes
of conduct that assist company for resolving issues. It consist discussion of supporting and
guidance available from different relevant professional bodies.
TASK
Different issues occur in business in context of sustainability that create impact over
business. These issues includes actions of government, optimum utilisation of resources, lack of
professionalism, organisational policy and other things. It is important for managers of company
to identify these issues in company and also helps them to overcome of these issues (Chang and
Daly, 2019). There are different types of regulation impose by government on company which
cannot be followed by company. Also, there are policy of company that allow a company to be
sustainable to a extent as aim of company is towards earning more profit. There are some other
issues faced by company like optimum utilisation. It is essential for business to adopt this
practice in their business in order to protect natural resources. It is important for company to
overcome of these issues with development of different types of strategies and practices. For
example, Managers of Next Plc needs to adopt sustainability practices with development of
Unique selling point. It is an organisation which is focusing on long term benefit with overcome
of issues of sustainability. It is essential for company to communicate these things that allow
them to overcome of issues that protect them from resources available in organisation. These
issues can results in negative impact over organisation performance. As these issues can increase
cost of an operation of company as not using resources optimally can results in wastage of
resources. It also harm image of company in minds of their consumers.
Code of conduct can be described as common policy of business which outline moral,
principles and ethical standard and expectation of an organisation along with employees and

other parties present. It is essential for employers as well as employees of company to maintain
corporate values, integrity and ethical principles which helps them to solve issues related to
sustainability. Managers and employees of Next Plc are aiming towards attainment of goals and
objectives of company (Cheevapruk, Pasunon and Chantuk, 2018). It is essential for employees
to maintain code of conduct in their organisation which allow them to be open and honest for
employees and also provide guidance to employees. It is important for employers to give fair
treatment and respect to employees which allow them to contribute in effective manner. It is
essential for managers of Next Plc to maintain code of conduct at their organisation which allow
them to maintain professionalism at workplace. It helps them to mitigate risk in business and also
maintain compliance for marketing.
Next Plc is a multinational organisation that is providing their products and service in
different countries. It is an organisation that is adopting different types of ethical practices in
business which is important in order to overcome of ethical issues occur in business. It is
contributing to development of positive image of company in minds of their consumers and also
allow them to reduce cost of operation of company (Gunderson, 2021). It is also essential for
company as it allow employees to contribute their best which improve overall performance of
company. There are different types of strategies as well as code of conduct to be developed by
companies. For this, managers of Next Plc is adopting different principles and also debate about
moral choices.
It is also important for managers of Next Plc to adopt professionalism in their
organisation which is beneficial for them in different manner. Adoption of professionalism is
important for company as it provide them long term success and also allow them to interact with
employees along with maintaining good relationship with customers (Sidebotham, Baird, and
Gamble, 2018). It helps them to attain different goals as well as objectives of company which
allow them to establish boundaries which is to be followed by different members of company. It
is essential for an organisation to encourage employees for improving their performance and also
allow them to maintain accountability.
Code of conduct as well as professional body in a business play important role that create
positive impact. It is essential for companies to follow different types of government laws that is
important for them to reduce interference of government in company (Higgins and Darvill,
2021). It allow them to develop productive culture in company which improve their productivity.

It provide them competitive advantage as with it, managers of company can differentiate their
business from other players in market (Moore, 2017). With this, employees can provide
comfortable environment to employees in which they can communicate with other member
freely that is important in order to avoid confusion and misunderstanding in business. It allow
company to attract new customers towards their business and also allow them to attract more
investor towards their business who can provide more investment to business.
It is important to adopt code of conduct as well as profession body in business that allow
them to develop positive impact over business but at same time, it create negative impact over
organisation (Craps, 2021). These code of conduct develop a boundaries among employees and
does not allow an employee to communicate with other freely.
CONCLUSION
From above mentioned project report, it can be concluded that different types of ethical
issues occur in business which create various problems in business. Sustainability is an important
issues that is related to optimum utilisation of resource, government action, lack of
professionalisms. In order to overcome of these issues, business needs to adopt different practice
like adoption of professionalism, code of conduct and other things that contribute towards
improvement in performance of employees as well as organisation.
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?
In this, I have learned
about sustainability
which is an important
component for
business. Adoption of
this practice provide
various benefits to
business but at same
time, it also increase
cost on company.
Sustainability is also
an important thing in
business. I have prior
knowledge of
sustainability but I do
not have knowledge
about its application in
business. Attending
this module provide
me information related
Sustainability and its
learning is important
for me as it allow me
to think twice about
environment as well as
its protection. It is
important for
betterment of
employees as well as
To adopt sustainable
and ethical practices in
personal life within 3
months.

to benefits as well as
limitation of it in
context of business.
employer.
Code of conduct is
another important
thing which I have
learned from this
module in order to
maintain ethical
boundaries.
Conduct of conduct is
another important part
of business. I was
aware about code of
conduct about
attending this module
provide me knowledge
about its use in
business. With this, I
get more aware about
practical
implementation of this
concept in business
and allow it for global
ethics in business.
Study of code of
conduct is essential for
a students as it allow
them to me more
disciplined in life and
be a effective students.
It is important to an
organisation as it
allow employees to
behave in a efficient
manner and also
contribute towards
organisation with
dedication.
To adopt ethical code
of conduct in personal
and professional life
for improving grades
with 15% in next 4
months.
Professionalism is also
a components that is
essential for purpose
of maintaining
discipline at workplace
place and allow every
people to behave in
appropriate manner.
Professionalism is
another important
concept in business
which is essential for
purpose of completion
of work of
organisation in
effective manner. With
attending this module,
I get to learn about
importance of
professionalism at
Professionalism
component is
important as it allow
students to be more
effective in life and
also to behave within
certain limits.
To adopt
professionalism in real
life to learn how to
behave I efficient
manner in upcoming 6
months

work place as well as
personal life of a
person.

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