Self Development Portfolio: Workshops and Ethical Awareness

This portfolio documents a student's journey in self and professional development, focusing on ethical and social responsibility. It includes reflections on mini-project workshops attended, highlighting the development of social and ethical awareness through corporate social responsibility initiatives. The portfolio features twelve documents, including a personal development plan, SWOT analysis, reading log, work samples, time management schedule, communication skills assessment, comparison of ethical practices, notes on academic writing and employability skills, a reflection log, a CV, and an action plan. The student reflects on the value of each document in contributing to their academic and professional growth, emphasizing the importance of ethical knowledge, professionalism, and strategic planning in achieving personal and career goals. The reflection also covers the application of the Gibbs model and its impact on sustainable practice-related development.

Self Development and
Responsibility

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and why they
contributed towards the development of your social and ethical awareness and responsibility. 1
Document for the portfolio .............................................................................................................2
Doc1- My personal development plan...................................................................................2
Doc2- Personal Swot analysis................................................................................................3
Doc3- Reading log..................................................................................................................4
Doc4- Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to
Social and Ethical Awareness................................................................................................5
Doc5- Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule..............................................................6
Doc6- Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication...............................7
Doc7- Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between good and bad practices.
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Doc8- Academic Writing Skills.............................................................................................8
Doc9- Employability Skills....................................................................................................8
Doc10- Notes on Reflection...................................................................................................8
Doc11- Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV).........................................................................10
Doc12- An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional goal.................11
Explain the value or usefulness of the (12 Documents) that have compiled and provided as
part of portfolio.....................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development allows individual to set their goals, assess and
learn new skills and develop every individual qualities that will make them who they are. It plays
and important role in individual's personal development through systematic arranging of
techniques effectively and tools that can be a good development for personal growth. In this
project there are various dimensions for personal development plan that are taken into
consideration with individual effectiveness and a systematic growth. That are necessary for their
versatile growth. This also includes an overview of several strength and weakness of an
individual that can help in their overall growth. Lastly there is a summary regarding learning and
knowledge gain with the help of Swot analysis.
MAIN BODY
Specify the mini project workshops that you attended and explain how and why they contributed
towards the development of your social and ethical awareness and responsibility.
In career and academic life, an individual should focus on participating in a mini-project
workshop to develop effective social and ethical awareness and responsibility. I completed a
mini project workshop on corporate social responsibility, which helped me develop my social
knowledge. I learned a lot about corporate social responsibility, the main one being that it is a
tool that a company uses to develop social services with considerable profit. I have learned from
my own experience that corporate social responsibility helps society in the main sense of serving
society. This will also help the development of the entire economy, which is the most important
for the overall growth of the company. The mini project workshops helped me understand the
various parameters of CSR and I believe it should be mandatory. The CSR application also
helped me to understand the needs of the poor sections of the society. The main needs of society
in CSR are clothing, shelter and food, which are very demanding.
CSR is also a key role of the business that also supports the business entity in creating
effective business standards in the economy. The government plays a vital role in providing
subsidies to the weaker section of society. I also participated in the workshop on various aspects
of CSR in major international and national companies. This also meant a duty for me to develop
effective subject knowledge which is essential for the growth of the company. The mini project
seminar was held at my university for 7 days and I mainly learned a few things about social and
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ethical awareness. This is the main responsibility of the candidate to focus on developing ethical
awareness to be good for the society. The candidate must also focus on effective and
development related skills to remain competitive in the market. A person's main focus in
academic life should be acquiring knowledge and using it in personal and professional
development. A company's CSR should be more ethical to provide optimal use of resources.
Also in academic life, it is the main duty of teachers and professors to focus on CSR so that they
can grow individually in the market. For me, the mini-workshop was a fruitful introduction that
made me more ethical and social in my long-term career goals. Bringing professionalism in
career related life is more important for an individual to achieve career growth in life. Also, it is
the main role and responsibility of a person to develop effective knowledge related to the topic in
a mini workshop for sustainable human growth. In the future, I would also like to focus on career
growth in order to develop a systematic approach in personal and professional development. An
individual's career growth is also facilitated through sustainable ethical and social measures.
Document for the portfolio
Doc1- My personal development plan
Name : XXX
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For: Professional development
Name of Institution: XXX
Level at which I am Currently Studying: High
Start Date: 01/07/22
End Date: 01/08/22
My Reasons/Motivation for Doing this
Course:
Self learning and development
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Objectives of my
personal
development
Action required
to achieve my
objectives
Support or
resourced I need
Time frame Approximated
date of
completion
Problem solving
skills
Framework
planning
Reading surveys 4 months 15/10/22
Time
management
Focused approach Reading journals 8 months 10/02/23
Leadership skill Develop objective
and aims
Seniors 5 months 22/11/22
Decision making
skill
Framing goals Articles 3 months 15/09/22
Research skill Framework Web resources 10 months 25/04/23
Organising skill Creating schedule Online journals 9 month 20/03/23
Doc2- Personal Swot analysis
Strength Weakness
1. Communication skill  Leadership skill
2. Team management  Software knowledge
3. Business knowledge  Grabbing knowledge
4. Technical knowledge  Decision making
5. Professionalism  Organising skill
Opportunities Threats
1. Expansion in academic  Huge competition
2. Effective career  Hard academic life
3. Soft skill  Colleagues growing higher than me
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Opportunities Threats
4. Technical knowledge  Career related
5. Leadership growth  Maintaining discipline
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Doc3- Reading log
Date Title Author Time spent Number of pages
read
04/02/22 Bridging the gap:
A training module
in personal and
professional
development.
Hildebrand, J.,
2018
20 days 80
14/07/22 Family therapy in
focus. Sage.
Rivett, M. and
Street, E., 2002.
7 days 40
15/01/23 Personal
development in
counsellor
training. Sage.
Johns, H., 2012. 15 days 62
04/12/22 Becoming a
therapist: A
manual for
personal and
professional
development.
Routledge.
Cross, M.C. and
Papadopoulos, L.,
2003.
10 days 40
12/05/22 Personal
development and
clinical
psychology. John
Wiley & Sons.
Hughes, J. and
Youngson, S.,
2009.
24 days 24
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Doc4- Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to
Social and Ethical Awareness.
I have accompanied various
workshops in my academic life that
helped me in development of my
skills and helps me achieving
objectives related to my career.
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Doc5- Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
Time Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
05:00:00 Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up
06:00:00 Running Running Running Running Running Running Running
07:00:00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
08:00:00 Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper
09:00:00 Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
10:00:00 Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
11:00:00 Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar
12:00:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00:00 Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar Seminar
14:00:00 Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career
growth
workshop
Career growth
workshop
15:00:00 Time
managemen
t assessment
Time
managemen
t
assessment
Time
management
assessment
Time
management
assessment
Time
manageme
nt
assessment
Time
management
assessment
Time
management
assessment
16:00:00 Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
17:00:00 Friends
time
Friends
time
Friends time Friends time Friends
time
Friends time Friends time
18:00:00 Family time Family time Family time Family time Family
time
Family time Family time
19:00:00 Leisure
time
Leisure
time
Leisure time Leisure time Leisure
time
Leisure time Leisure time
20:00:00 Home work Home work Home work Home work Home work Home work Home work
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21:00:00 Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online
research
Online research
22:00:00 Book
reading
Book
reading
Book
reading
Book reading Book
reading
Book
reading
Book reading
23:00:00 Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time Sleep time
Doc6- Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication
Effective communication Ineffective communication
This generates a positive connection between
people.
This can lead to frustration, low morale,
confusion and conflict.
This is relay on a particular message which
results in mutual understanding.
In this the the power to hurt, misinform and
confusion will be created to the listener.
In this the there will be a development of
writing skills.
In this the coordination is lacking.
In this employee have analytical knowledge. In this there is an inappropriate growth.
Benefits of effective communication
 It helps in promoting loyalty.
 This help in enhancing the engagement.
 This helps in resolving the issues.
 This will helps in increasing the productivity.
 It will promote trust between individual team members.
Doc7- Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between good and bad practices.
No. Good attributes Bad attributes
1. Focused on growth Negative impact on professional growth
2. Calmness and focus Impact on a career life
3. Increase on interactive with a society There will be rudeness
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4. Traditional and ethical behaviour Unethical behaviour
5. There will be discipline There will be aggressiveness and avidness
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Doc8- Academic Writing Skills
No. Academic skills Advantages Disadvantages Benefits
1. Referencing Provides an
overview on
topics.
There are large
number of
resources
available.
There is proper
usage of journal
and books
2. Paraphrasing Develop a career
growth.
Hard in different
cases.
This will help in
increasing the
knowledge
3. Data analysis Increase in
developing the
knowledge about
software
Cybersecurity and
safety issues
Helps increasing
the professionalism
Doc9- Employability Skills
No. Skills Advantages
1. Time management It will helps in completing the routine
work.
2. Soft skills Helps in developing the personality for
the job.
3. Professionalism Helps in career life for being
professional.
4. Leadership skill Helps handling the team in professional
level.
5. Organising skill Helps making the work systematically.
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