Final Project: Ethics, Responsibility, & Sustainability - ERS Analysis

This project analyzes the Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability (ERS) practices of the Equal Rights Trust (ERT). The report begins with an abstract and table of contents, followed by an introduction that defines key terms like ethics, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. The project provides a background on ERT, its mission to combat discrimination and promote equality, and the role of the author as Head of Operations. The project emphasizes the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), SDG 13 (Climate Action) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). The project describes the author's role in implementing these goals, focusing on climate change initiatives and ethical decision-making within the organization. The report outlines the responsibilities associated with the Head of Operations role, including strategic management, finance, risk management, project management, and office administration. The project also includes exercises that explore the relationship between ethics, ethical decision-making, and responsibility. The project concludes with recommendations for further SDG implementation and references to relevant sources.

Project
Ethics, Responsibility
& Sustainability
Unit: 8
Final Project
1

ABSTRACT
ERS are crucially regarding knowledge as well as acting to link society, economy, education and
atmosphere. Also, at present times, it is crucial for entity to tackle with all global and local
challenges that occurs into its Ethics, Sustainability and Responsibility. Moreover, the
description about the various roles that are played into Equal Rights Trust such as head
operations, finance, office management risk management and many others. Along with this, there
are various sustainable development goals that is essential aspects across the world as it is also
considered as the global goals that is adapted through United nations Members States in year
2015 as a universal call for action to end poverty, safeguard planet as well as assure that whole
individuals enjoy success and peace. Such as SDG 16, 17, 13 and many more are some
Sustainable Development Goals that mainly firms or communities utilise for societal growth in
effective and efficient way. Apart from this, all these are beneficial and helps respective entity as
it intent for addressing whole kinds of organised crime, child abuse and also various exploitation
and many more. Also, whole these can be attained through entity in appropriate and well-defined
manner.
2

Table of Content
COVER PAGE…………………………………………………………………………………...1
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………………….…..2
TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………………………………………………….3
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………….....4
-Brief background about Organisation ……………………………………….…..…4
-Description about the role into organisation or community………………….…..5-7
-Exercises with subheading of the week numbers as well as title SDG used…….8-16
RECOMMENDATION ON SDGs by UN………………………………………………….…17
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………17
REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………….18
3

INTRODUCTION
Within the corporate world ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility are very
much essential term. As Community or society required ethics, sustainability and responsibility
for assuring that individuals are focused towards a few norms of conduct. Moreover, it is not
distinguishing when this comes to the world of business (Burritt and et. al., 2020). There is
requirement for all three aspects within business for ensuring that appropriate decisions as well
as results can be attained through them. Corporate social responsibility is undertaken as the
management concept wherein firms integrate societal as well as environmental concerns into its
operations of business and interactions with its stakeholders. ERS are crucially regarding
knowledge as well as acting to link society, economy, education and atmosphere. Also, at present
times, it is crucial for entity to tackle with all global and local challenges that occurs into its
ethics, sustainability and responsibility. For this report, the chosen company is Equal Rights
Trust which was developed in year 2007 with intent is to combat discrimination as well as
promote equality as fundamental rights of human as well as social justice principles. The topics
which are going to be covered in this report are brief description about organisation, roles and
sustainable development goals.
Brief background about organisation.
Equal Rights Trust which was developed in year 2007 with intent is to combat
discrimination as well as promote equality as fundamental rights of human as well as social
justice principles. Its objectives are to supports equality through obviating discrimination as well
as promoting equality across worldwide. Moreover, it was formed for pursuing as well as
promoting the rights to equality for participating into whole life areas based upon the equality,
that needs considering the approaches such as comprehensive, holistic and other to various
inequalities (Gatto, 2020). In addition to this, this approach has facilitated the basis of concepts
for whole their activities, that concentrates upon how to attain equality by execution as well as
enactment of equality regulations. Beside this, it is an independent firm that performs into above
40 nations across the worldwide, enhancing awareness of human rights by publishing reports as
well as stories upon several abuses. Along with this, respective firms have basically three goals.
Initial one is, effective knowledge of equality laws as well as their centrality to development and
rights. Second goal is, enhancing expertise as well as ability of equality defenders for securing
4

execution as well as adaption of equality regulation. Last but not the least, its third goal is render
vital relation among first and second through developing equality defender vibrant global
network for exchanging information as well as sharing expertise.
So, their initial intent would be attained through them by performing to enhance understanding
of existent global effective activities standards, by collaborating with others to formulate
understanding into much challenging field of equality regulations as well as developing upon
their work describing respective laws into another areas of growth and rights. Also, their second
intent would be attained through developing its successful work facilitating technical,
strategically as well as practical support to equality defenders for engaging into advocacy,
litigation and provision of legal offerings. Additionally, through facilitates support to then for
formulating evidence based upon requirements for developed equality laws. Along with this,
respective firm third goals would be attained by developing their activities over last ten year for
supporting the equality coalition’s development at domestic level, formulating a global network
for whole committed to develop an equal world by regulations (Gómez-Carrasco, Guillamón-
Saorín, and García Osma, 2020). Apart from this, they perform into partnership along with
equality defenders across the world for securing execution as well as adaption of equality
legislation. In respect of their mission, they advocate inter alia for effective recognition of
equality role into sustainable development (Equality Rights Trust, 2019).
Description about the role into Organisation or Community.
In this, I played the role of head of operations. As this is a fantastic position for me as a highly
encouraged person with initiatives as well as experiences. Moreover, I am playing instrumental
role into the growth of global human rights entity. Along with this, with support of Equality
Right Trust’s co- director as well as board of trustees they would also utilise its leadership
competencies for overseeing human resource, monetary and office administration trust. In our
leadership role we consider all Sustainable Development Goals set by United Nation and we are
aware of all development goals set by 2030. In particular we work on SDG 13 on climate change
and taking part in programmes related to it, make awareness within the organization to better
ways in which we can improve as an organisation to reduce global warming. In our organisation
we are aware of major risks that our planet faces and the negative impact on environment which
comes from the business world. Companies actions and production are hurtling the planet and
businesses are behaving unethically for failing to take responsibility.
5

One initiative we encourage our staff is not to drive a car instead make alternative method by
taking public transport. We encourage and support climate change programmes and donate
money to support UN project in order to play our part. In addition to this, the role is to introduce
new tactics as well as restructuring their internal operations for developing trust much effectual
as well as efficacious. Rather than this, it also has to advance their system of financial
management as well as formulated and introduced new norms and methods in areas like human
resource as well as risk management. It has to report to co- directors and Senior management
team. At upcoming time, head of operations would also be leading the operations team
optimisation for supporting the programme teams into potential of income generations (He and
Harris, 2020). Instead of this, it has to perform various kind of responsibilities areas such as
managerial strategically, finance, risk management and operative norms, project management,
project development, human resources, office management and others.
Strategic and Managerial
 Collectively with the Co-administrators, act as a member of the Senior
control institution;
 Lead the operations crew, including via overseeing and supervising the
paintings of the Finance manager and institution Administrator, and
constitute this crew at the senior management degree;
 Grow to be privy to and maintain relationships with external assets of
operational useful resource wherein critical;
 Resource the Co-directors and Board of Trustees inside the strategic
planning for the organization.
Finance
 Assist the Co-administrators inside the economic making plans for the
business enterprise;
 Oversee and supervise the art work of the Finance manager;
 Undertake periodic opinions of the Finance supervisor’s paintings, via
sampling and reviewing monetary information to make certain
accuracy and compliance with contractual requirements;
 Danger management and Operational guidelines
6

Risk Management and Operational Policies
 Oversee the threat manipulate device, which include safety of the
danger check in;
 offer secretarial useful resource to the Audit and hazard Committee of
the Board of Trustees;
 Preserve and make certain consistent implementation of the trust’s
operational rules in regions consisting of due diligence, safeguarding
and conflict of interest (Healy and Thomas, 2020).
Project Management
 Endorse the Co-directors and make knowledgeable recommendations
on mission implementation problems, such as troubles related to
transport and the control of workforce and financial assets;
 Optimise the planning, budgeting, control and reporting on all tasks;
 Ensure and comply with development goal by UN projects like SD13.
Office Management
 Keep our relationships with key stakeholders and carrier providers;
 Oversee the team Administrator’s paintings handling the London place
of job, which include the IT infrastructure, contracts and buying and
preserving facts of internal aid availability.
You should present each set exercise with the subheadings of the week number as well as
the number and title of the SDG used.
Sustainable Development Goals is considered as the world it desires. They use to whole
countries as well as mean, quite easy for assuring that no one is left behind (Higgins-Desbiolles,
7

2020). Moreover, it is also considered as the global goals that is adapted through United nations
Members States in year 2015 as a universal call for action to end poverty, safeguard planet as
well as making sure that whole individuals enjoy success and peace. In addition to this, in similar
years, the government of United Kingdom was committed towards accomplishing Sustainable
Development Goals that SDGs. These intents to develop affluence, harmony, accessing for
education, health care as well as face climate modification internationally. So, every set exercise
with the subheadings of the week number as well as the number and title of the SDG used are
discussed underneath:
Week 1
SDG 16, to explore the relationship between ethics, ethical decision making and
responsibility before looking at the importance of leadership for sustainable.
Ethics is considered as the system of moral principle and also it is concerned with what is
effective for person as well as society and is also undertaken as moral philosophy. Additionally,
this is term that derived from Greek word ethos that means habit, character, customs and others.
Sustainability states as meeting their own requirements without compromising with competency
of future generations to accomplish their needs. Moreover, the ethical decision making is
regarded as the procedures of evaluating the morale implications of an action course. In addition
to this, whole decisions have to be ethical as well as moral beliefs so that it my draw upon them
when it faces hard decisions (Kumi, Yeboah and 2020). Along with this, corporate social
responsibility is undertaken as the management concept wherein firms integrate societal as well
as environmental concerns into its operations of business and interactions with its stakeholders.
As leadership encourages the individuals for higher level of performance by its stronger relations
of human. Moreover, this is essential activities of management that aids respective entity for
maximising the effectiveness as well as attaining objectives so some of its leaders should has
traits of leaders. So that they could bale to performance towards the sustainable development
Also, effective leadership transform into careful public policy development as well as execution
and effectual delivery of public services for meeting the requirements as well as aspiration of
individuals. Attaining SDGs would need concerted potential of government, business industry,
societal as well as citizens. All these are related with one another as Equality Rights Trust
performs towards sustainable development goals so this SDGs 16 aids them to perform ethical
activities in order. to development ethical decisions effectively and efficiently.
8

9

Moreover, by opting respective Sustainable Development Goals Equity Right Trusts can bale to
minimise whole kinds of violence as well as mortality rates across the world. Along with this, it
also places an end for ill-treatment, exploitation as well as trafficking as well as children torture,
promotes full of legislation as well as guarantee access for equality justice for whole (Odia,
2020). Additionally, this also develops for reducing corruptions and bribery within other targets.
This is essential as it incorporates peace, human rights and effectual governability. Few countries
enjoy security and peace permanent level and other goals by violence and disputes cycles. In
addition to this, as various individuals undertake for granted that they live within country in
which each single day, life is peaceful experiences. Also, this is taken to be the rights of each
human being for living into society wherein peace prevails. Also, this is not actual for all people.
So, some firms such as Equality Trust help of them to attain all these rights to them effectively
and efficiently. Additionally, into system of police and justice are impacted through
mismanagement as well as corruption that costs governments into countries development by
large amounts of funds every year. Along with this, within some areas of UK, it is heavily
impacted through disputes and around 28.5 million children have to leave the school because of
un safe situations.
Week 2
Stakeholders and looking what organisation responsible for, before looking at the impact of
power and responsibility on the consideration of stakeholder and environment.
Sustainability states as meeting their very own necessities without compromising with
competency of destiny generations to accomplish their needs. Moreover, the moral choice
making is seemed because the procedures of comparing the moral implications of a motion route.
Similarly, to this, entire choices ought to be ethical in addition to ethical ideals in order that it my
draw upon them while it faces tough choices. Together with this, company social duty is
undertaken as the management concept in which companies combine societal in addition to
environmental issues into its operations of commercial enterprise and interactions with its
stakeholders (Stahl and et. al., 2020). In addition to this, A stakeholder is a party that has an
interest in an organization and may both have an effect on or be stricken by the enterprise. The
number one stakeholder in an average corporation are its traders, employees, clients, and
10

suppliers. However, with the increasing interest on corporate social obligation, the idea has been
prolonged to consist of communities, governments, and alternate associations. Additionally, the
stakeholder analysis lets in entity to analyse the influences of each out of doors further to internal
stakeholders upon entity. as it assists them to efficiently manage its impacts and can famed them
about benefits of numerous strategies in addition to tactical movements undertaken through
them. The stakeholder evaluation for Ford Motor organisation is noted underneath:
Primarily based upon the above desk, this will be decided that Equal Rights Trust employer have
several outside as well as internal stakeholders that have direct influences upon entity’s selection
making. The stakeholders like investor has better power and hobby as nicely because of which
they could able to reveal its procedures before them as it may affect its practices.
However, in context of providers, they've lower electricity and hobby each due to which firm so
now not has to significance upon them on the time of planning. Furthermore, managers are those
stakeholders which do not forget entire important choice based totally upon evaluation of several
elements. It also states that manager’s notion must be undertaken into consideration thru control
of respective entity. Attaining SDGs might need concerted ability of government, enterprise,
societal in addition to citizens. these kinds of are related with one another as Equality Rights
believe plays closer to sustainable development desires so this SDGs sixteen aids them to carry
out moral sports in order to development ethical decisions effectively and successfully.
Other than this, as per the United state international Compact, the Sustainable development
desires also promote the non-violent as well as inclusive societies for sustainable development.
Moreover, by means of opting respective Sustainable improvement dreams equity proper Trusts
can bale to minimise whole sorts of violence as well as mortality prices the world over. in
conjunction with this, it also places a stop for ill-treatment, exploitation as well as trafficking in
Stakeholder Interest Power
Employees High Low
Investors High High
Suppliers Low Low
Managers High High
11

addition to youngster’s torture, promotes complete of rules in addition to guarantee get right of
entry to for equality justice for entire Thorisdottir and Johannsdottir 2020).
Moreover, this also develops for lowering corruptions and bribery within different objectives.
That is essential because it carries peace, human rights and powerful governability. Few
international locations experience safety and peace everlasting level and different desires by
violence and disputes cycles. in addition to this, as numerous individuals undertake with no
consideration that they live inside country in which each single day, lifestyles are non-violent
stories. Additionally, that is taken to be the rights of every individual for living into society
wherein peace prevails. Also, this is not real for everyone. So, a few corporations which include
Equality accept as true with assist of them to attain all these rights to them effectively and
efficiently.
Week 3
SDG 13 Climate Action.
12