Arden University: Values, Ethics, and Collaborative Working Report

This report examines the concepts of values, ethics, and collaborative working within a business context. It defines ethics, explores factors influencing them, and emphasizes the importance of workplace ethics for organizational growth and employee relations. The report analyzes two UK laws promoting ethical practices and discusses company initiatives related to social responsibility. It addresses issues faced by companies, outlines rules expected by the public and customers, and highlights the benefits of collaborative working, including ways to promote equality, diversity, and embed British values. The report includes an introduction, main body with task-based analysis, and a conclusion with references.

Values, Ethics and
Working Collaboratively

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAINBODY....................................................................................................................................1
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................1
1. .................................................................................................................................................1
What is meant by the term ‘ethics’. In explaining ethics, also discuss the factors that influence
ethics: .........................................................................................................................................1
2.Why workplace ethics are important in an organisation:.........................................................2
3.Explain two laws in UK that promote good ethical practice in an organisation:.....................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Discuss of initiative falls under company...................................................................................4
Issues faced by company and five rules which are expected by public as well as customers.. .5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Benefits of collaborative working.............................................................................................8
Ways to promote equality and diversity in workplace................................................................8
British values which are embedded into collaborative working.................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Value and ethics consists with the moral code which have to be followed by all the
employees working in the organisation. In relation to the code of conduct business made their
value according to establish ethical aspects into the businesses(Barsky, 2019). No business will
control every employees actions, it can only be considered with expectations and generates
process for violation in relation to handle the grievances into the business. In respect of many
company there are similar areas of focus regarding the values and ethics. Values and ethics into
business are defines through proper laws which considered into business, vision statement,
mission statement and policies which are necessary in process and operation related to
organisation. Value and ethics of workplace are developed on the basis of work environment of
the organisation. Below report is based on the topic define ethics and factor which influence
ethics, discuss of why ethics are needed in the organisation, two laws of that will promote ethical
practises in the company, issues faced and mention the rule which is demanded by the public and
client.
MAINBODY
TASK1
1.
What is meant by the term ‘ethics’. In
explaining ethics, also discuss the
factors that influence ethics:
Ethics related with philosophy and
approach which emphasis and seeks to
address issues which is related with concepts
of what is right and wrong in the company.
Ethics are considered with four aspects
areas(Cheon, E. and Su, N.M., 2018). The
first one is meta-ethics which aims on
understanding the nature of evaluations in
respect of ethics, ethical principles origin
and relates with the meaning which is
consists with terms used but it is free of
value. Relates with descriptive ethics which
involves for example population proportions
or taken certain groups which considered
what is right and wrong. Normative ethics
involves with moral theories which focuses
on how moral values will determine, what
scenario makes things right or wrong, good
or bad and what should have to be done. The
last one which is considerably applied in
company is applied ethics which will
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examine the controversial issues such as
abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia
and apply them is that ethical theories to real
life situations. Here are some of the factor
which will influence ethics is that:
Personal ethical code: This factor
considered with people personal code of
ethics which they adopt first and that is what
one will considered, moral will be the prior
most factor which is responsible for
influencing his behaviour.
Rules and regulation of government: This
factor relates with government rules and
regulation which is supported by laws
regarding several working conditions,
relates with product safety as well and
statutory warnings as well. These aspects
will provide some of the guidelines to the
managers and senior authorities in determine
what will be acceptable and recognized
practises and standards.
Social pressures: It is considered with the
force and pressure of society that will
impact considerable amount of influence on
ethics relates to business. In context of any
company if they are engaging in any supply
of sub-standard products and involves in
unethical conducts, the behaviour of
consumer will be different towards the
company. These unethical value will
develops the pressure on them by society to
work accordingly and honestly towards the
business ethics (Gray and Chivukula, 2019) .
2.Why workplace ethics are important in an
organisation:
Workplace ethics are considered
with moral values which are needed to be
opt by the organisation in order to foster the
growth of their productivity as well as on
their operations too.
It is an integral approach in fosters and
increased productivity and the teamwork
among all the employees into the
organisation. Ethics will generates strong
alignment in relation to their employees and
workers between their values and mindset.
Importance of ethics in workplace is that :
Asset protections: Strong value of ethical
culture within the business is crucial in
protecting the assets. In an organisation
employees who relates by the workplace
ethics will able to safe the business assets.
Workers will protect the company property
if they are treated respect fully and with
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dignity which emerge the feeling of proud
working in this company(Hirscher,
Niinimäki and Armstrong, 2018).
Teamwork and productivity: Ethics will
provides and assist in align the values of the
business with all workers working in the
company. Ethics in the organisation built
team work through maintaining the value of
proper code of conduct into the business.
Decision-making: Ethics organize in the
workplace will encourages culture of
decision-making based on particular ethics.
Considered with transparency and
accountability in the business while taking
any business decisions. This process of
ethics will give the direction to the company
seniors and staff on dealing any particular
complex situations (Lantos, 2018Roos and
Hahn, 2019).
Corporate scandals on the rise from big
organisations such as NHS is that NHS
blood infection scandal payments to increase
families in England lost their relatives in
NHS scandal as a result of same payment to
be received as those in other parts of the
UK. In this case approx 3000 people died by
given blood contains HIV and hepatitis C
during late 70's and 80's. Treasury minister
penny Mordaunt announced for giving
10000 euros lump sum to all the victims.
Infection was happened when people with
haemophilia and also other bleeding
disorders given with clotting agent name
factor VIII, which was introduced to assist
them through speedy recovery. Lots of
supply was imported from the US, around
30000 people are infected in this scandal.
Here there was a need to work according to
proper rules and regulation, scandal
happened due to the irresponsible behaviour
of health care team working in NHS, This
approach states the weak ethical structure of
the company as by that lots of trouble faced
by the patients. Organisation relates with
hospital have to be more concern about their
patients value as this case defines the
negative experience in respect of their quite
irresponsible behaviour from the side of
health care teams who are indulge into this
scandal.
3.Explain two laws in UK that promote good
ethical practice in an organisation:
The law consideration into the
business are the prior most thing while
running any business, in England food laws
enforced with authorities which includes
with local trading standards, food standard
agency and DEFRA so here are some of the
laws which applied in UK and they are also
assists in good ethical practises is that:
Regulation (EC)stops false health claim:
This law comprises with to aware customers
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before any purchase and designed with a
view to give information about how
customer will understand the food
information aspect is that food labelling,
expiry dates and manufacturing date. The
health department is a major stakeholder
when there is an aspect of food claims like
medicinal ot nutritional benefits
(Schaltegger and Burritt, 2018) .
Regulation (EC) forced retail
transparency: These rules are already in
place to withdraw food from the supply
chain that risked with public injury. This
ethics of legislation promotions will be
found in the law's recall basis. Operators
were compelled to inform the public, and the
approach of also considering past customers
with the motive to take actions.
TASK 2
Discuss of initiative falls under company.
There are having a lots of obligations which defines a person is bound with something
and on several stages they have to entitled to carry with much better responsibility sense. In
context of some of obligations where particular specific laws are related with that of individual
by which it will going to operates society's value and provides with decent impact on the
customers. In relation to the case study of TOMS UK that is related with betterment of society as
well as to contribute their value to the society so here are some of the initiatives taken by this
company TOMS UK is that:
Legal approach of responsibility: These are the responsibility that are generally different form
moral duties and values , where person are legally bound with having legal responsibilities in
more effective manner. This approach relates with legal activity of each and every individual
who are working with positive motive, where its represents with obedience about constitution
heading, and to perform the legal responsibility aspects for the society too. As this aspects are
clearly defines with legal stages so the taxes on regular basis will shows the loyalty towards
country itself(Sorenson, 2019).
Moral values duties: This type of duty will going to determine about the how legally an
individual is bounded to provides with effective services. Its relates with moral support of
company' where learner and staffs observe how legally they are bound with their moral duties.
As each and every individual having the responsibilities to give assistance to the poor one in
societies.
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It is quite important for each individual in the organization to make sure about their duties as
well as company culture which they have to follow effectively. As a result Starbucks are
planning to increase their operation level through inducing with increase manpower with having
potential in respect to skills and knowledge. Ethics and moral values are consists with essential
obligations which are necessary to understand with various operations in respect of all the
department.
Issues faced by company and five rules which are expected by public as well as customers.
In an organisation there are several common issues which are faces by company during
the course and on carrying the duties and roles. Issues which are arises many of the times is
absence of clear and specific guidance and along with the direction through which issues faces
by company (Steiner, 2020). In a company when the leader as well as the manager if they are not
able to handle the staffs and human resource operations in effective manner without having
professional intent then staff members and employees will face lots of negative consequences
and will leads to suffer with barriers in achieving their planned goals. In the context of the
company their management related aspects are facing with problems or challenges and in results
not to have effective employees in board. So here are some of the rules and regulations that is
relates with public as well as with customers expectation in relation to that of company
employees.
Providing with quick solutions: Through making excuses in relation to take time to solve the
particular problem or challenges for in future eliminating uncertainty. By involves with more
satisfying customers and have large public company.
Reduce problem: It's quite crucial to determine from what kind of issues and challenges that a
customer is facing that will relates with products and services in which an organisation is dealing
.In the context of company employees are having with certain responsibility to take care and to
provide optimum solutions through which customer could provide with much better workplace
infrastructure. In relation to any changes in company operation value will direct to their
customers in giving them to present their concern.
Legal rights people in GDPR.
This aspect is related with kind of particular regulations in European Union data
protection law in relation to create privacy factor in European Union as well as to European areas
of economic (Wang, Tajvidi, Lin, X. and et. al). It assist in state and addressing the transfers of
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personal data and related information outside European union without any obstacles and privacy
issues. Main objective of this general data protection requirement to cope and control efficient
individual to their whole personal information in the form of particular data. To consider the
GDPR lots of rules and regulation with legal rights to the individual are used which is:
Right of restricting processing: This approach is implies on individuals which request about
the company which are having with bit few limitations of using the personal information.
Through this there is an alternative request to manage and monitor data as well as can be used at
the time of optimising data relates with personal information.
Right to be informed: In this laws an individual can share and submit their specific opinions of
any type of subjective documentation that relates with particular company and associate with
emphasis with their information related to personal.
TASK 3
Considers the following:
What is collaborative working.
Collaborative working relates with complete structural format that determines different types of
methods and approaches which will be used in two or more companies in respect of team and
unity. Collaborating working consists with team work through assigning projects into groups for
a particular time period in relation to the project. As a company manager, it assist in planning
with a motive to introduce with new code of conduct, where the relevance of collective team
work can be mention in a specified manner. There are several ways through which collaborative
work emerge is that:
 To generates strategy efficiency of individual.
 Small group's company work.
Strategies which are used.
Collaboration in relation of the team members relates with successful approach of the businesses.
The style of collaborative working has largely enhanced the engagement of employees or
workforce, considered in work through proper unity. Specific training provides help in enhance
efficiency of individual in respect to develop the expectation of manager. Strategies which are
used in collaborative working is that:
 Collaboration communication:This strategy consists with a leader which will
communicate with their staffs and team members for the phase of collaborative working
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in relation to their used strategies that how will they determine to initiate and take a step
in their objectives(Wyness and Dalton, 2018).
 By sharing company' s mission: Every organisation needs to require with mission that
has to be achieved. This strategy will going to attain and determines vision of the
company which will be achieved through completing the small common goals in a
company.
Value which guides.
In organisation there are lots of value which are considered for carry the collaborative working,
which involves with proper work related compliances that adds value into the company, relates
with disciplinary actions and by bringing in relation for unity to improve strategies and practises
to accomplish the goals and targets in a company. Companies are more likely to deal in services
where manager has to design the policies and structure and also consider with insight to have
certain records of corporate social responsibilities to achieve objectives.
Required interpersonal skills.
In an organisation there is some interpersonal skills required in collaborating working is that:
 Open mindedness: This skill considered with most valuable and relevant factor while
doing collaborating working. This factor consists with having an open mind personality
and adopts the positive set of mind frame to reflect accepts others value of presence in
effective way.
 Effective communication: In an organisation there is a proper communication channel
between the leader and their team members in effective manner through proper
communication skills that will going to assist organisation in taking any decision with
proper communication approach.
 Long term goals and objectives: It is considered with one of the crucial element that are
more likely to design for higher and more better opportunities. Organisation have to take
ensure about the external forces in relation to adopt the effectiveness of long term goals
in a company. Its quite necessary and needed to have positive working environment
which will describe about proper work debate which is constructive.
Benefits of collaborative working.
There are lots of benefits which are engaged in the activities of collaborative working is that:
 It provides with more flexibility in work during complex situation as well.
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 It will going to assist in saving the time.
 Enhance the production process of a company by more engaged workers in that activities'
 This collaborating working helps in generating connection in respect to built the network
into the market.
Ways to promote equality and diversity in workplace.
The different methods and ways in promoting diversity and equality into the workplace is that:
 To create a quite positive relationship between the employees and the manager.
 To reduce the level of discrimination and biasness approach into the workplace.
 To give equal fair opportunities to the every employees working in the organisation.
 Relates with employees engagement and working surroundings.
 To provide proper guidance to the staffs and employees into the workplace.
British values which are embedded into collaborative working.
There are main value which inbuilt in the process of collaborative working strategies which will
going to imply in relation to have better and excellent working regulation. Some of the British
value in collaborative working process is that:
 Democracy: There is a culture which is There is a culture which is essential to have
freedom as well as quality that creates better positive workplace. These will creating a
quite effective workplace in relation to understand about the particular responsibilities
and roles which are required by them in the course of organization value.
 Laws rules: There is a need to adopt particular rules in context of organisation value to
satisfy and to secure provided surrounding in relation to built the better working
conditions through proper rules and commitment.
Consequences of poor collaborative working.
In relation to the poor collaborating working conditions and practises will influence complete
working strategy or procedure in quite negative manner. It will results in poor consequences and
ineffective working conditions in relation to the operations are concern. So here are some of the
consequences relates with poor collaborating working conditions is that:
Inappropriate and wrong strategy: Projects into the organisation starts with proper working
conditions in relation to the collaborating value where each employees are devoted to work
accordingly. But if this projects starts without having optimum utilization of resource will results
in negative impact on team and they will not able to attain their particular results.
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Time wastage: if the organisation are dealing in some big projects they will induce with high
investment in those projects so allotment of work should be in systematic and in groups a lot
process cause projects needs to handle with collaborating working condition so without having
this approach will results in more time wastage.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report is that business values are considered to be
the crucial elements of the businesses in relation to the moral values and ethics which is needed
to required by their management. In order to survive into the global market values played an
important role through systematically handles the situations. This report considered with a
explanation of company's business ethics and values which affects them in their operations.
Report consists with explanation cultural and environmental issues and with personal skills
required by the individual to operates their business effectively and consequences of poor
working practises which will impact the organisation.
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