An Analysis of Values, Ethics, and Collaborative Working Practices

This report delves into the critical aspects of values, ethics, and collaborative working within the professional environment. It begins by defining ethics and exploring its impact, including a discussion of factors that influence ethical practices and the consequences of unethical behavior, using the Facebook data privacy scandal as an example. The report then emphasizes the importance of workplace ethics, highlighting its role in promoting teamwork, building goodwill, and protecting organizational assets, with the Tesco accounting fraud as a case study. It also outlines relevant UK laws, such as the Equality Act 2010 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, that promote ethical practices. Furthermore, the report examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, focusing on an organization like ASDA, and discusses initiatives and obligations that impact society. It explores collaborative working strategies and the benefits of teamwork for service users, concluding with a summary of key findings and recommendations for fostering ethical and collaborative workplaces.

VALUE, ETHICS AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
VALUE, ETHICS AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELLY
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Values, Ethics and
Working Collaboratively

Table of Contents
TASK 1......................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2......................................................................................................................................7
Discussion of concept related with organisation...................................................................7
TASK 3 .....................................................................................................................................9
Collaborative working and it's benefits to service user.........................................................9
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................12

TASK 1
ETHICS AND THE IMPACT OF ETHICAL PRACTICE IN
THE WORKPLACE
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WORK ethic is explained as a belief that
work and determined towards formulation
of moral benefit, an inherent ability and
value to strength character and individual
abilities. The main role of work value is to
formulate a set that generate importance of
work which helps to perform all task with
more efforts. Values perform an important
role and this define that all work is
completed through use of moral
philosophy. It also aids organisation to
perform all task with decided system,
value and principle (D’ippolito and Rüling
2019).
Work collaboration is explained as
a working practice among which all
individuals perform their work together for
accomplish of common purpose.
Moreover, this report highlights on the
term ethics and it influence on various
organisation. Along with this concept of
initiative and their obligations that impacts
on society will also be included in the
report.
In the last, collaborative working,
strategies to manager team work and
values to perform work is also cover in the
upcoming report.
Explain the term Ethics and state
factors which can create an impact on
ethics.
Ethics can also be stated as moral
philosophy which is related to what a
person do is morally right or wrong. Ethics
can also be applied to system, theory of
moral values or principles. Ethical
practices help in forming practical
decisions by analysing the factors and
observing what is right and wrong. Terms
such as ethics and morality are quite
similar where ethics are a part of
philosophy. Ethics is a composition of all
the values which will help in maintaining
moral values in business and use ethical

practices through which organisation can
maintain their goodwill in marketplace.
The major factors which affect ethical
practices are social factors and such
opportunities through which ethical
behaviour can be maintained. Through
ethical practices opted by company, it will
help organisation in gaining trust of their
customer and make build goodwill in
marketplace through which business can
gain competitive advantage (Cameron and
et. al. 2019).
Ethical values involve socio
economic values and focus on maintain
cultural aspects.
It is essential to have ethical
practices as this helps building and
maintaining trust with people and better
understanding of opinions can be made.
This branch of philosophy includes
systematizing, defending and all concepts
which are related to right and wrong
doings of people. The three major areas of
ethics can be recognised as Meta-ethics,
Normative and applied ethics. The factors
which can influence ethical practices are
legislations, rules and regulations which
are formed by government, social pressure,
individuals personal code of behaviour and
ethical climate of organisation. The
corporate scandal in which Facebook was
involved is stated below:
Facebook corporate scandal
The Facebook data privacy data
scandal is was concerned with collecting
the data from millions of Facebook users
without having their consent in such
practices. This was an unethical practice
which turned into a scandal and it also
damaged the brand image of the
organisation. The company gained
accessed to accounts of many users and
also leaked the data which made many
users face many issues. The company
provided guidelines and stated that all
accounts have privacy and the users have
full protection and privacy settings through
which they ensured that the data and all the
information which is shared on the
accounts of such users are always
protected, but due to following unethical
practices, Facebook leaded the data of
millions of users which violated the
privacy of all users and account holders
(Bietti 2020).
This ethical practice damaged the
brand image of Facebook in the industry
and due to this the company faced huge
loss and many users also deleted their
accounts which increased the lack of trust
on the organisation.
State importance of workplace
ethics by using an example of an
organisation
Workplace ethics- It refers to the
approach of employees and their attitude in
organisation. It can also be stated as
values, morals, standards and principles
which are followed by employees in an
organisation. The values, attitudes and
practices which are followed by all
employees in their organisation to perform
their tasks and activities are referred to
workplace ethics.
The importance of workplace
ethics helps in promoting teamwork and
can also enhance cooperation. By
following ethical practices, it also helps in
building good and positive image and
goodwill in the marketplace. By practising
workplace ethics, it also helps in
protecting assets of the organisation.
Through applying ethical practices, it helps
to provide emotional security to the
organisation. This also helps in make
employees feel secure in their job and also
provide security and all employees are
treated equally (Berlin and Carlström
2015).
By ethical practices, an
organisation can create a positive and
healthy working environment through
which they can retain maximum
employees. This practice also helps in
creating and maintain a strong bond
between sub ordinates and supervisors.
Ethical practices followed by organisation
also helps in enhancing productivity of
overall organisation through enhancing
performance of all employees. The ethical

practice also helps in forming effective and
constructive decisions through which
organisation can accomplish their goals
and gain competitive advantage from their
operations. In context of importance of
ethical practices of Tesco, the company
was involved in accounting fraud scandal
where the company misinterpreted all of
their entries and statements which have
been functioned by organisation
(Arciniega and et. al. 2019).
As Tesco followed unethical
practices and misinterpreted their accounts
and data, it affected their brand image. As
the company was involved in unethical
practices, it affects the image and goodwill
of the company in the industry which also
affects the image of the employee's and
can also harm their career.
State two laws which are practised
in UK for promoting good ethical practices
in workplace
The ethical practices followed by a
business help in developing skills and for
maintaining the code of conduct in the
organisation. The two important laws
which help in promoting good ethical
practices in workplace are stated below:
Equality Act, 2010
This act protects the people from
facing discrimination in their workplace
through which they can maintain an
healthy working scenario. The act focus on
protecting employee's from any unfair
practices and thus focus on providing
equal opportunity to all their employee's.
Therefore, ethical practices such as
treating al employee's equally without any
involvement in unfair practices will help in
maintaining positive working scenario and
performance of employees can also be
enhanced.
Health and safety at work, 1974
This primary act focus on health
and safety of employee's. This legislation
act states that organisation must provide
health and safety benefits to their
employee's through which they can make
their employees feel secure and safe while
working in organisation (Barsky, 2019).
By providing health and safety benefits, it
also helps in encouraging employees and it
also helps in retaining to talented and
maximum employees with the business.
Therefore, it can be seen that both
the laws implemented by organisation for
implementing ethical practices helps an
organisation in providing positive and
healthy working scenario through which
maximum employee satisfaction can be
met. These ethical practices also helps in
building organisational growth.
TASK 2
Discussion of concept related with organisation
CSR practices perform an important role in the current scenario and they are
dedicated towards completion of all task by analysing needs and wants of society. The term
initiative is explained as an important act or statement which is focused to minimise problems
or issue related with organisation. From the perspective of TOMS, mission of organisation is
to deliver and donate pair of shoes which is sold to customers. A lot of organisations perform
their work within same industry. So the selected organisation for this report is ASDA and it
perform their work in retail industry of UK. Management of ASDA states within the heart of
community and they perform work under guidance of family generations. Management of
ASDA handle and control their corporate social responsibility in a careful manner (Dania,

Xing and Amer, 2018). It make believes helping sustainability support management to
formulate more affordable products. In the present scenario, major cause which is related
with industry aids to formulate longer results through performing their work in an organised
manner. It explain about all those factors and facilities that is used to manage work in an
organised manner. This consider about all those goals and objectives which improve goodwill
of ASDA to perform their work in an organised manner. In context of an organisation
individual manage and complete their task through focusing on all factors that facilitates to
perform work with more efficiency. It effects on organisation profits and productivity
through performing all work in decided time-period. Like, ASDA listen to all colleagues,
customers and other stakeholder to perform all work in a simple manner. This helps
individuals to serve all products that support local individuals to earn more amount. ASDA
also adopt sustainability aspects to perform their work which helps producers to generate a
range of naturally products through providing healthier options and this aids management to
enhance goodwill by providing care about surroundings. Planet safety initiative is also
adopted by ASDA that require taking care of entire world through adopting actions such as
energy efficiency, delivering zero waste etc. that demonstrate ASDA is a socially responsible
organisation.
ASDA face different issue while performing their work at a large level and this define each
region define their own challenges and issue that create problems for management to manage
all work in an organised manner. Some of the major issue which is faced by management is
the process of reverse logistics that is faced by ASDA from last years. With understand of all
goals and objectives it is explain that management face challenges because of offering large
products in different region. This aids to manage work with more efficiency by completing
all task in a decided manner. It refers ASDA formulate competitive-edge in market by
completing all work in an organised manner such as with adopt of CSR practices and also
through managing work with a transparent channel in order to formulate or develop
international market. In the present scenario, ASDA deals with a variety of consumable
products and moderate guidelines that provide facilities to customer for returning defective
product back to supplier (Groessl, 2015). Communication is the first rule that must be
followed by all individuals who manage all work in order to perform all task in an
appropriate manner and this define ASDA follow all guidelines that is generated by
companies to perform organisation work. Reach towards right buyers in the context of ASDA
define that all task is managed and completed through formulation of the task that aids
workforce to perform work in an organised manner. This define ASDA complete their work
by analyse of market requirements. This refers that all employee's assist towards completion
of task through managing work with understand of customers need so they are focused to
enhance knowledge related with market. Creative and unique ways is third rule and it must be
follow by all employee's to perform their job role in an appropriate manner. The main motive
of organisation is to complete all task through use of new method in order to complete all
task with more efficiency (Guidry-Grimes and et. al., 2019). The fourth rule is to generate or
set clear standard that support teams to perform their work in an interactive manner. Support
team define that this rule helps to manage all work by understand of individual need. In the
last, final rule is to collect feedback on regular terms and this is because it helps ASDA

management and employee's to gather all information that is beneficial for managing work in
current scenario.
The term data protection provide fundamental right which is set out in the Article 8 under
European region. According to the General Data Protection Regulation there are 8 different
rights is implemented by organisation for protecting individuals and it increase strength the
work environment. Right to be informed is the first aspects and this states that how
information which is supplied process towards protection of personal data. In the context of
ASDA legal protection aids to minimise all challenges which is related with organisation and
this refers to analyse broader scope of regulations. This consider to manage all work with
more efficiency specifically to complete all work in a proper manner through adopting work
techniques that minimise race and gender discrimination from organisation. Rules and
regulations perform an important role and it aids to manage all work through performing all
operations and functions in an organised manner specifically, to minimise impacts related
with business challenges and functions. It also improve ASDA efficiency that aids to improve
market area by understand and analyse of market related information. Concise, transparent
and easy accessible are major terms and it aids to provide all information which is obtained
by individuals to protect all personal data that is gained by individuals. Right of access
according to this act an individual provide processing confirmation and access to all
individuals data. This also refers that management obtain electronic format if request is done
on electronic basis. It also ensure careful planning is done through formulation of multiple
system in order to achieve high efficiency that provide information to gain access free of
charge. Right to rectification is also included under General Data Protection Regulation act
and it provide individual the right of rectification to perform all work is in a rectified manner
to manage all task in a personal manner. It also provide all information through use of all
technology in order to complete all work on personal basis. Right to portability also allow
individuals for obtain and reuse all personal data across different services for performing
their work with own purpose (Henttonen, Kianto and Ritala, 2016). Personal data and it
processing define that an individual develop consent to perform all work in a protective
manner. Personal data which is gathered define that all task is completed through generating
contract by which work is managed in an informative manner. This also refer that work is
managed by managing right to object and it define object means individuals have right for
object about direct marketing, processing related with legitimate interest and purpose of
scientific research and statistics. It ensure that all information is gathered by individuals to
manage work in on personal basis. This also define processing activity is the major task
which is carried by website for performing work with decided objective. Rights relates with
automated decision-making define that all operations is constituted towards performing work
by obtaining right not to subject about decision. This refers work is completed according to
contractual necessity between organisation and individual to perform and express all views
related with organisation.

TASK 3
Collaborative working and it's benefits to service user
Collaborative working- This is also known as partnership working and it cover or
include a large variety of ways. It defines that two or more organisation perform their work
together to manage all work in an organised manner (Husin and Kernain, 2019). It also
provide a lot of options that range towards formulation of task with use of informal network
and alliances in order to joint delivery of project. This refers both companies manage their
work with full merger to complete task with proper collaboration.
Strategies for work-collaboration- To perform all work in an organised manner is
the first strategy that is adopted by project manager. This determine that management manage
and organise task of all individuals to perform their work in an effective manner. The main of
adopting individual task strategy is to identify new ideas related with work. Formulation of
transparent roles is another strategy and this aids individual to do all work in an organised
manner. This states planning is a major tool and it helps for managing task with decided
roadmap to perform work in a fair manner by engage of both companies.
Value for teamwork- The teamwork is explained as a powerful concept and this aids
to perform all work within organisation. Strategically building aids towards formulation of an
environment that is accountable for performing all work in an appropriate manner. With
generate of company environment management make accountable aspects that provide
supportive work to generate results by gather of all information (Papanastasiou, 2017).
Moreover, team values aids towards completion of task with more efficiency in order to
complete work with decided values.
Interpersonal skills- The term interpersonal skill undertake and engage of ability for
communicate and build-relationship with other individuals. Learning skills and creativity are
the main roles which is adopted by an individual to retain in team for longer period. Further,
leadership skills are more appropriate and it aids for completion of task within teams by
performing all work in an organised manner (Kang, Matusik and Barclay, 2017). With
formulation of interpersonal skill an individuals aids to perform all work with analyse of
work methods that aids towards formulation of work in an organised manner.
Benefits of collaboration working- With increase in the skill set of individual,
collaboration work as an effective practices that support management to utilise all skills
towards a decided direction. There are different benefits related with collaboration and it
includes process that is used to reduce the problems relates with project. An organisation
perform their work with engage of different departments so a lot of problems is faced by
management. But with generating appropriate coordination among all teams this is easy for
organisation to complete their task in an efficient manner. On the other side, collaboration
aids individuals to perform all work with decided team-members. This refers more persons is
dedicated towards project than it leads to complete all task in an expert manner. Further,
collaboration also allow individual to connect and learn new productive methods from each
other.

Method to promote equality and diversity in the workplace- Large-scale
organisation perform their work with engage of various individuals who belongs to different
background. So it is important to promote diversity aspect among the organisation. Diversity
training is the first method and it is used to perform all work in an organised manner as the
first step define ways to overcome from bias through generating awareness. The main motive
of organisation is to perform work by adoption of diversity related method. It also define by
setting up a mentor programme organisation foster professional development within
employee's through motivating them to perform all task in a structured manner.
British Values embedded into collaborative working- With recruit of new
apprentice within organisation, it is important to provide appropriate training to members for
improving their work methods and also to adhere them according to organisation culture
(Mayer, 2019). By recruiting the right training providers, management promote fundamental
British value to learner. This helps them to promote modern Britain values within
organisation. It define all task are completed by implement of appropriate work culture that
focus towards managing work in an organised manner.
Consequences poor collaborative working- Poor collaboration at the workplace
minimise productivity, profits, quality of work. This is important for teams to successfully
collaborate about all data that is accessed towards formulation of value chain (O’Mathúna
and Hunt, 2019). Wasting time is the major problem that is generated due to poor
collaboration. Like, with waste of few minutes for search the draft of a document that access
within organisation. Poor project management is the another challenge and this define use of
collaboration tools is used to manage projects by generating appropriate results to complete
project task in proper manner.
Recommendation
This is recommend to the organisation that to induce value, ethics and teamwork this
is important for management to perform work in an organised manner. So implement of
systematic work is first step so this is recommend to organisation for completion of all task in
proper manner. Another recommendation relates with formulation of values that improve
work methods for completion of all task in a valuable manner by identifying work methods
and market conditions.
CONCLUSION
With the analyses of above report it is concluded that values, ethics and work-
collaboration perform an important role that enhance overall performance of organisation.
Within terms of ethics an organisation face different challenges that creates complexity to
manage work in an accountable manner. Rules, regulations and General data protection
regulations perform an important role which helps to perform all work in a valuable and
ethical manner. In the last, collaborative working and the strategies to implement is included

in this report. Along with this by use of values and interpersonal skill to adopt collaborative
work methods is undertaken in the report to manage work with team-members.

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