Values, Ethics, and Collaborative Working: Report for Module ABC

This report delves into the critical concepts of values, ethics, and collaborative working within an organizational context. It begins by defining ethics, exploring factors that influence ethical behavior, and discussing workplace ethics, emphasizing its importance with examples such as Facebook. The report then evaluates two UK laws that promote ethical practices, including those related to fair and equal treatment and freedom of information. Task 2 focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and presents examples of CSR initiatives by TOMS UK, Starbucks, and Marks & Spencer. It also addresses employee issues and expectations, outlining rules related to respectful behavior, leave information, working hours, and respect for seniors. The report concludes by examining collaborative working, its importance, strategies, guiding values, required interpersonal skills, and benefits, alongside strategies for promoting equality, diversity, and British values within a collaborative environment, and the consequences of poor collaboration.

Values, Ethics and Working Collaboratively
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
A). Discuss about the concept of ethics, and discuss factors that influence ethics.....................3
B). Discuss the workplace ethics and why is important to organisation with example...............4
C). Evaluate two laws in UK that promote good ethical practice in organisation.......................5
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
A) Concept and initiative.............................................................................................................6
B) Issue space by the employee and five rules that public and client expect you from the
employees....................................................................................................................................7
C) Legal rights people have in relation to general data protection regulation act.......................8
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................8
A – Importance of collaborative working....................................................................................8
B) Strategies for collaborative working.......................................................................................9
C) What values would guide you.................................................................................................9
D) Interpersonal skills that are required......................................................................................9
E) Benefits of collaborative working.........................................................................................10
F) Strategies to promote equality and diversity at workplace...................................................10
G) How British values imbedded into collaborative working...................................................10
H) consequences of poor collaborative working.......................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Value, ethics and collaboration are basically define as unique culture, values, responsibilities
and expertise of other professionals in organisation. Work is all about the co-operation with
individual who receive care, contribution and support in term of employee prevention.
This report will discuss about the ethics, applies in different area of life and affects on the
organisation. It will describe about the ethical obligation in business and also include laws in UK
promote ethical practices. Furthermore, this documentation will explain initiative falls under,
identify the obligation to perform by society. However, it will discuss the legal rights for
individual people where establishing a relation to GDPR. At last, it will understand the working
collaboration by team-work that will bring various benefits to service users.
TASK 1
A). Discuss about the concept of ethics, and discuss factors that influence ethics.
Ethics are based on the philosophy branch that involves systematizing, defending and also
recommending concepts of right or wrong behaviour (Črešnar and Jevšenak, 2019). It is one of
the important field of ethics, along with a proper moral values, concerns matters of value and
also comprises the branches of philosophy.
In context of ethics, the organisation should be responded to external environment which
refers to the enterprise ethics. In most of cases, organisation ethics include various guideline and
principle which decide the way of individual should behave at workplace. For example-
Facebook, Google are leading organisation to run their business and earn profit but organisation
should depend on unfair means to earn money.
Factor influencing business ethics-
In today world, a business leader is aware about the ethical issue and hence, it is
important to improve ethical standards, norms. Self-regulation is one of the important concept in
better way to produce an impressive result or outcome. There are different factors which
influence manager to business ethics in decision-making.
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 Personal Code of Ethics- An individual people should be considered as code of ethics that
is what one consider as moral values. It is responsible factor that influence behaviour of
individual people.
 Legislation- it is also another important factor that mainly approached by government,
enact laws only when people become too unethical, selfish. At that time, a proper
legislation will support for tolerating the mis-behaviour of people (Davani, 2020).
Sometimes, it is certainly exert pressure on government and consequently has no other
options.
 Government Rules & regulations- laws support the government and other business to
manage or control working condition, product safety and other statutory warning. This
factor is provide the specific guideline by business manager to staff members.
 Ethical code of enterprise- when an organisation grow their business in large scale, its
standard of ethical conduct tends to increase. At some point, unethical behaviour or
conduct within enterprise which become establish a good reputation, image and goodwill.
For example- Google is very concerned about their business reputation so that it follows
the proper guideline to deal with particular business tasks.
B). Discuss the workplace ethics and why is important to organisation with example.
It is very important to understand the ethical behavior in workplace, which can stimulate
positive staff member behavior that lead to the growth of organization in global world.
For Example- Facebook is one of the best social media networking company in which
provide the various facilities and service for potential consumers (Freudenreich, Lüdeke-Freund
and Schaltegger, 2020). Simply, there are different stakeholders that include individuals, group
of team member establish a strong coordination between each other. Facebook that has
established own behavior policies which help to improve overall business reputation. In this way,
it is always maintain their long term success.
At some point, company will follow a legal obligation in which provide the equal rights
for their staff members. In this way, company is mainly follows the different regulations such as
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employment right act 1996, health & safety act 1974. It is important to specify that acceptable or
unacceptable behavior for its staff members. Policies can be specified by including them in staff
member manual and stipulating in particular tasks.
Importance of workplace ethics in Facebook –
 Workplace ethics promotes team work and establish a strong collaboration between each
other. Facebook is one of the leading organization that introduce own workplace ethics
program in which aligns with behavior of employees. As a result, it is helping to meet the
expectation level of supervisors.
 Workplace ethics foster a positive brand image in front of public – it is helping the
Facebook to establish a positive reputation in eye of people. Especially when company is
trying to perform different operation and function (Graça and Camarinha-Matos, 2017).
 Workplace ethics provide the emotional security- Facebook is recognized the importance
of ethics in the workplace. It helps employees to feel secure because there is no
harassment from other member. In order to create flexible environment for employee.
C). Evaluate two laws in UK that promote good ethical practice in organisation.
An organization should be encouraged to adopt the ethical practices throughout different
activities. In UK, different companies are following the regulatory systems, actions to manage or
control business ethics. Whenever, supporting ethical behavior which requires a leadership and
support from all stakeholders such as supplier, investor, consumer etc.
According to right of fair and equality law in UK, it is one of the most legal aspect in which
applied in the organization. It implies that every staff members are entitled to legal
representation. This legislation will help to support that provide right for everyone, who can
protect or secure their identity themselves in the workplace (Laukkanen and Tura, 2020). on the
basis of Freedom for information act 2000, it is always respecting the employee in particular
rights to give freedom for association and collective bargaining in accordance with legal
requirements. This type of regulation is mainly promoting a good ethical practice which means
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that provide the awareness among staff members, where they are always follows a strict
guideline according to organization standards or norms.
Another law in UK is related to Anti-Harassment act 1975, this type of legislation is
applicable in the organization in order to resolve any kind of ethical behavior (Mitzinneck and
Besharov, 2019). For example- Some people are trying to do unethical behavior with different
staff members. Avoid harassment in any form whether physical as well as verbal level. in this
way, this kind of regulation will support for promoting the good ethical practices within
organization.
As per discussion, it has been summarized about legislation which applicable in organization
and always encourage the staff members to adopt ethical behavior. Especially, when every
employee should able to follows the ethical principle and influence an organization practices.
Nowadays, it is very important to promote ethical practices in the workplace. it supports for
establish a better collaboration between employees and employers. Whenever, it is developing
ethical standards which needs to formalize expectations and make it clear about behavior.
Task 2
A) Concept and initiative
According to the above situation and work done by the TOMS UK and Starbucks Comes
under the concept of corporate social responsibility that every organization has to perform to
give their contribution toward the society (Lapadat., 2017). TOMS UK mission is to donate the
pair of shoes for every pair they sell has resulted in the donation of the over 60 million pairs of
shoes to the children in need. they have done good work by helping the 16 million children’s
who are not having choose to wear. it is direct contribution to the society and the children who
are living in this society. this work done by the TOMS UK is helping them to create good image
in the market and they are spreading her good message to the society as well. they are helping
the needy people and similarly, Starbucks is looking to diversify their workplace and provide the
opportunities for certain Cohorts. Till the end of 2025 Starbucks will hire 25,000 volunteers who
will work toward the society which is also a concept of CSR activity by the organisation.
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M&S CSR activities
Mark and Spencer is one of the best example of the organisation who are working toward
the society and well aware of the corporate social activities. they have run the campaign related
to the climate change as a part of their plan a five years echo plan at aims to make the operations
in the UK and Republic of the Ireland carbon natural and to help customers suppliers reduce their
emissions to. their aim was to reduce energy used by 25% N power store with the green
electricity only of sitting there remaining C O2 emission as the last report. Their part a plan also
includes the waste management sustainable material, health of the people, training and
development and many more CSR activities by the Marks and spencer’s.
B) Issue space by the employee and five rules that public and client expect you from the
employees
Behaving Respectfully
Behaving respectfully for the employees is important and if they are not aware of this
rule of the organisation then it can affect the whole organisation Anne they will not give respect
to the client and customers. they can also face the issues if the employee is not aware of this
rule, company again lose their customers and it will also ruin their image in the market
(Fleetwood., 2017).
Leaves information
Every employee get the leaves by the company and they can get paid. For every leave
they’re taking. Employee is not aware of their paid leaves then they can face the issues like they
will not get the benefit and their every leave will count as a LOP. It can also affect the client and
customers because if the employees will be not there at the work Dan they will not get the
services they want and their experience will be not that good with the company
Complete working hours
It is necessary for the employees to complete the working hours as per the companies
contract, if the employee will be not aware of working arts then they can face many issues like,
their salaries can be reduced and they will not get paid for their work for the whole day. It will
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also affect the customers and client who are expecting to get the services (Porcher., 2017). If the
employee will go before the time completed then customers will not able to get the services and
they can we they satisfy with the companies product and services.
Respect seniors
It is necessary and companies rule for every employee on the Lower level to respect
their seniors and listen to them. they can get fired if they do not respect to their seniors and they
can get many more punishment as well. if they will disrespect in front of the client and their
seniors then their companies image will be get down and company can face many problems and
issues letter to their employees and there professionalism. It is necessary for the companies
leaders and managers to make aware to their employees to respect their seniors and work
accordingly. it doesn't matter their age but position within the organisation matter.
Follow rules
Company create rules for the employees that must be followed by them and this kind of rules
are mandatory for each and every employ who are working. it can include the rules like a
proper dress code, proper haircut, follow the hierarchy etc. If the employee are not aware of this
rule then they can face the issues like problems in their promotions, bad imagine seniors mind
etc. It is also important for the client and their expectation by the implies is to follow the rule and
help them in there problems.
C) Legal rights people have in relation to general data protection regulation act
It is necessary for the colleagues in the workplace of the company to be aware of
individual rights under the general data protection regulation (Schaefer, Williams and Blundel.,
2020). It is necessary for the companies to be aware their employees about their rights and
ensure the mechanisms are in the place act on this. They have some of the rights like right to be
informed, right to be rectification, right to be Access, right the be erasure, The right to be restrict
processing, right to data portability, the right to object, right related to automated decision-
making and.
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At the workplace it is necessary for the understanding of the personal skills need to be
ensured that the people are treated with the dignity by the organisation. they should be aware of
their rights within the company so they can take the advantages of their rights and get there data
protected. that useful information cannot be shared without their information and if they ask for
there any of the information companies management team should provide them whenever they
want and their data should be protected and should not be leaked without their permission.
Task 3
A – Importance of collaborative working
Collaborative working is most effective practices of the organization that helps to and
has the flow of communication within the organization. It is necessary for us to provide a
collaborative working practices at the workplace so employees can understand each other and
learn to work with each other. they started helping in the task and it also have been seen that
collaborative working is more effective than the individual working. in a collaborative working
employees can be more effective and they will do walking last time as compared to the
individual working (Hogan, Kortt and Charles., 2021).
B) Strategies for collaborative working
There are various strategies that can be used to promote the collaborative working
practices within the organisation. Sharing vision and mission is one of them and to achieve and
plus have to work together in a team so they can help company too complete their mission and
achieve their vision. Defining the team goal can also be promotion of the collaborative working
within the workplace, if the employees will be aware of their goals then they will make a team
and work together to achieve those goals but this goal should be common so they can take help
of each other. collaborative working environment is there another best strategy to promote the
collaborative working. they should create a task that could be done in the groups so collaborative
working environment can be created.
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C) What values would guide you
The values that will guide me to be working collaboratively is getting the new skills but
in the employees. that they will learn from the collaborative working. teams always consist of
various skills and talented an in the group they can share with each other their skills and that
talent so individual can learn the skills and improve their career. (Clauss, Harengel and Hock.,
2019) collaborative working also make the people perfect and their work becausr one can four
get the task but other will remind them how to do it and they will also help them to do that task.
D) Interpersonal skills that are required
There are some interpersonal skills that will be required by me to perform the
collaborative working practices within the workplace. Communication is one of them so I can
lead the team members towards the goal and objectives, decision making is also the important
skills That will be required to move forward. critical thinking skills will be required by me so I
can provide a unique ways to do the task and help the team members to achieve the success in
the group task
E) Benefits of collaborative working
There are various benefits of collaborative working that can include good relation
between the employees, promotion of the equality and diversity at the workplace, flow of
communication that will be required to make the company successful, understanding of each
other within the employees an decrease in the conflicts at the workplace (Kumar and et.al.,
2019). Similarly many more benefits that can help company to achieve this success within the
business.
F) Strategies to promote equality and diversity at workplace
There are some of the strategies that can be used to promote the equality and diversity at
the workplace. Here are some of them-
Setting up rules
It is necessary for the leaders and managers to implement the rules to promote the
equality and diversity at the workplace. Rules and law will help to protect the people and provide
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them equality at the workplace. the rules related to the diversity will help to promote the
diversity within the workplace.
Creating inclusive culture
Company leaders can create the all inclusive culture workplace where both type of
gender can work and People from all over the world can also participate in the companies
activities so employees will learn to be with each other and they will help each other in the task.
Promoting female employees
Company leaders can also promote the female employees within the workplace so
equality within the workplace can be created and both male and female can get the chance and it
will also promote the diversity at the workplace and create a better environment for the working
(Brieger and et.al., 2019).
G) How British values imbedded into collaborative working
There are for British value that can be emended into the core ability working and one of
them is democracy which means inclusion of democracy within the workplace, the rule of law
that means that employees will work according to law in the team, individual Liberty that means
that employees will get their Liberty within the team and mutual respect that means every
employees will respect mutually.
H) consequences of poor collaborative working
There are some consequences of the poor collaborative working, it can include the waste
of time of employees and company both. Poor collaborative working is the waste of time becausr
that is no meaning and an effective team (Ünal, Urbinati and Chiaroni., 2019). task failure is the
another consequences of the poor collaborative working and consequences can also include the
be motivation in the employees, task failure etc.
CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it has concluded that Value, ethics and collaboration are becoming
consider as essential part of organisation in order to handle the different business tasks in proper
manner. In this report, it has been summarised about the ethics, applies in different area of life
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and affects on the organisation. It can be identified the ethical obligation in business and also
discuss the legislation laws in UK. It has been promoted the ethical practices. Furthermore,
discuss the concept of initiative falls under and also implementing suitable legal obligation to
perform by society. However, it is also analysis the legal rights for individuals, establishing a
relation to GDPR.
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