Values, Ethics, and Collaborative Working: Business Environment Report

This report delves into the critical roles of values, ethics, and collaborative working within organizations, particularly in the context of a company like Tesla. It begins by defining ethics and exploring factors influencing them, followed by an examination of workplace ethics and relevant UK laws. The report then discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR), using Tesla as an example, and examines the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Furthermore, it analyzes the concept of collaborative working, including strategies, values, interpersonal skills, benefits, and promotion of equality and diversity. The report also explores how British values are embedded in collaborative working and the consequences of poor collaboration. The report offers a comprehensive overview of how these elements contribute to organizational success and ethical practices.

Values, Ethics and
Working
collaboratively
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY....................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
A) What is meant by the term ‘ethics’. In explaining ethics, also discuss the factors that
influence ethics...........................................................................................................................3
B) why workplace ethics are important in an organisation. .......................................................4
C) Discourse two laws in UK that promote good ethical practice in an organisation that you
work in or know. ........................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
A) Discuss the concept this initiative falls under. Use an organisation of your choice as an
example to show the obligations it performs to the society........................................................6
B) Explain the issues you are faced with and mention 5 rules the public and your clients
expect of you as an employee in the organisation.......................................................................7
C) legal rights people have in relation to GDPR.........................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
a) collaborative working? ...........................................................................................................8
b) strategies would you use? ......................................................................................................8
c)values would guide you?..........................................................................................................9
d) interpersonal skills are required? ...........................................................................................9
e) benefits of collaborative working? ........................................................................................9
f) How would you promote equality and diversity in the workplace?......................................10
g) How are British Values embedded into collaborative working?.........................................10
h) What are the consequences poor collaborative working?.....................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Value and ethics plays an important role in the organisation it helps in guiding the principles so
enhance the performance of the individual in the organisation. It guide the right way of working
to the individual which helps the organisation to achieve its goals. Value and ethics helps in
better decision making which increases the chances of career development of the person in the
organisation. Values and ethics helps in analysing the behaviour of the individual so that proper
development can take place. There are different type of values which the employees can use in
the organisation like adaptability, honesty, self-motivation. Passion towards learning. These
values helps the employees ton increase the chances of growth in the organisation. Ethics in the
organisation helps in providing integrity and discipline in the organisation so that proper working
environment can take place. Working in collaboration helps in the sharing of ideas so that goals
of the organisation can be achieved effectively. It also helps in development of the skills and
knowledge of the individual so that better outcome can take place in the organisation.
Tesla, inc is the best electric vehicle company in the world It was founded in 1 July 2003 by Elon
musk. It also includes various products like solar panels, electric cars, solar roof tiles etc. which
helps in providing the best solar energy products to the customers. In this report it will be
analysed that how values, ethics and collaboration in working helps in the growth of the business
in the economy.
MAINBODY
TASK 1
A) What is meant by the term ‘ethics’. In explaining ethics, also discuss the factors that influence
ethics.
Corporate scandals done by the Tesla
Ethics is the moral code of conduct that governs the behaviour of the individual for completing
any task or activity. Ethics in workplace helps in guiding the employees about their behaviour
in the particular organisation. Ethics in the organisation provides Discipline working
environment which further helps in achieving the targets of the business effectively. There are
various ethics of the employees which helps in the growth of the business like attitude,
communication, punctual, organisational skills, teamwork etc (Abma, 2017).
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There various factors which influence the ethics.
Legislation: there are certain laws which is made by the government to control the behaviours
of the individual so that society cannot get affected. It helps in guiding the responsibility of the
Tesla towards the society.
Rules and regulation of the government: There are several rules and policies which is made by
the government in respect to the product safety, working conditions etc. government provides
various guidelines to the business so that proper services can be provided.
Ethical code of the organisation: For the top companies like Tesla ethical code of conduct is
also high if the behaviour of the business is unethical then it can affect the goodwill of business
in the market (The biggest business scandals of 2020).
Social pressure: If Tesla will not provide better services to the society as per their needs and
requirements then it can change the behaviour of the society which can put pressure on the
business so that follow the business ethics effectively.
Ethical climate of the company: in today's world business in working in the more competitive
environment due to which Tesla as to follow the ethical code of conduct so that business can
achieve competitive advantage in the market. If the business is not following the ethics
effectively then it can affect the profit of the long term survival of the business.
Facebook: During the year 2018 Facebook was involved in the misleading of data of 50 million
users which is obtained by Cambridge Analytica. There was a privacy issue which was
observed in the organisation. Facebook as now developed various privacy feature in the app so
protect the information of the user.
Google: As per the research google was involved in many unethical activities like tax avoidance
, usage of intellectual property of other, misuse of search results. Due to which company has
followed all the ethical values to gain its goodwill in the market.
B) why workplace ethics are important in an organisation.
Ethical strategies of Tesla
Ethics in the workplace is important because it helps in maintaining the positive behaviour of
the employees which improves increases the growth chances of the organisation. Ethics helps in
increasing the profit of the business by maintaining the discipline environment in the
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organisation. It also helps in improving the performance of the business which further helps in
achieving the goals of the business if employees in the organisation will follow the ethics of the
business then it will helps them to increase there growth chance in the business. Integrity is the
important ethics in the organisation. there are various work ethics in the organisation which
helps helps in the productivity of the business like discipline, honest, reliable etc. these ethics
helps in creating a positive environment in the which helps in the growth of the business in the
market. Increase in the productivity of the business helps in increasing the revenue of the
business in the market which will also helps in developing the reputation of the business.
Facebook has followed the unethical activities in the organisation like misuse of user data and
information due to which its goodwill in the market got affected avoiding the ethics of the
organisation affected the reputation of the business in the market. If Facebook has followed the
ethics in the organisation then it can help the organisation to retain the trust of the customer.
Due to this cooperate scandal company has build its negative image in the market due to which
Facebook has launched various privacy feature of the users so that there data and information
can be saved properly without any issue. It helps the business in developing the trust of the
customers towards the organisation (Tesla company and business ethics 2021).
there are various ethical obligation which takes place in the employee relations are respect,
loyalty, caring the misconduct in these ethics can affect the growth of the business.
Company should provides proper heath and safety standard to the employees so that their value
value cannot get affected and growth of the business can also be increased. If Tesla will follow
proper ethics in the organisation then it will helps the business to increase its productivity in the
market by providing best services to the customers. If the customers will get the best quality of
goods and services from the business then it will help the business to build the customers
loyalty in the organisation. Ethics helps in enhancing the performance of the different areas by
developing responsibility, professionalism, accountability, respect it helps in increasing the
productivity of the company.
C) Discourse two laws in UK that promote good ethical practice in an organisation that you work
in or know.
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Ethical Laws of UK
Equality Act 2010: This act protect the employees from discrimination which can take place in
the organisation. It helps in maintaining the ethics of the individual in the organisation. If
organisation will discriminate between its employees then it can affect the growth of the
employee in the organisation which can also affect the development of the individual in the
organisation. This law helps the employees of Tesla to develop their performance in the
business and provides the best services to the customers it also develops integrity in the
organisation (Benade, 2017).
Human right act 1998: It provides the fundamental rights to the employees of the Tesla which
helps in increasing the performance of the business. It includes various rights like right to be
treated equally, right to life etc. Tesla provides the proper working environment to the
employees due to which its is on top in the market because positive environment to staff helps
in increasing the efficiency in the organisation which helps in increasing the productivity of the
business in the market.
Above laws promote the ethical values in the organisation by providing the positive
environment to the employees which helps developing the ethics and performance of business
in the market.
Developing the ethics in the work place increases the growth chances of the business because
performance of the company increases in the market which provides the competitive advantage
to the business.
TASK 2
A) Discuss the concept this initiative falls under. Use an organisation of your choice as an
example to show the obligations it performs to the society.
This initiative falls under Cooperate social responsibility the main aim of CSR is to
provide social value of the economy by giving back to the society or by taking part in the
charitable programmes so that they can help the people of the society who are need which will
help in the development of the economy if the organisation is earning good profit in the
organisation they can easily be part of corporate social responsibility which will help in
increasing goodwill of the business in the market. It also helps in building the positive brand
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image in the market. There are various types of cooperate social responsibility. Like human right
responsibility, environmental responsibility, economic responsibility etc. (Brown, 2019).Tesla
develops its cooperate social responsibility by focusing on the interest of the stakeholders so that
growth of the business can take place in the economy. Tesla identify the need of the stakeholders
which helps Tesla to manufacturing its product accordingly which will helps in the development
of the society Tesla manufactures the best quality of electricity car so that needs of the economy
can be satisfied without effecting the economic scale stakeholders of Tesla are communities,
employees, customers, government, shareholders. Tesla design its products so that needs of these
stakeholders can be satisfied properly. CSR provides many benefits to Tesla it helps in building
the reputation of the business in the market. It helps in increasing the sale of the business which
increases the revenue of Tesla. If revenue of the business will increase it will provide better
financial performance to the business. It helps in attracting the attention of the customers which
helps in providing the competitive advantage to the business. Tesla is the best electric vehicle
company which provides the best services to the business in the market (Bucher 2016).
B) Explain the issues you are faced with and mention 5 rules the public and your clients expect
of you as an employee in the organisation.
General data protection act has replaced the data protection act on 25 may 2018 GDPR
involves the storage, collection of personal data in the more strict manner it is considered as the
law in the EU it helps in protecting the data in the more significant manner with help in the
growth of the business in the market. companies needs to take positive decision other than
negative decision because it can affect the performance of the business. If the individual doesn't
wants to save their data then GDPR automatically erase it which can delete the important
information of the user permanently. Because of GDPR company can also get compliance from
third-party which can affect the performance of the business. First rule is to ensure that the
collection of data doesn't break the law ad also they are not hiding any information from the
subject of the data which create fairness and lawfulness in the organisation related to the data. In
the organisation more focus should be on collection personal data by clarifying the purpose so
that it cannot be misused. Collection of data for the purpose helps in analysing the use of the
particular data which is erased afterwards by the GDPR so that misleading of data cannot take
place.
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C) legal rights people have in relation to GDPR.
General data protection regulation or commonly known as GDPR, the main aim of it is to endow
and to give individuals control over their own personal data.Right to be informed: it is the right
to be informed about the information regarding the personal data of an individual. it is a privacy
notice. GDPR tries to keep it transparent and easily accessible. Right to access: according to this
right an individual is free of charge accessing and processing conformation to the data. the
format of the data is also in such a way that is understood by the individual that is in a commonly
used format. Right to rectification: this rights allows an individual to rectify the data if he/she
finds it incomplete or inaccurate. Right to erasure: this right refers to the procedure at the time of
deleting or removing data quickly. it is usually implemented when the actual purpose of
collecting the data is no longer valid.
TASK 3
a) collaborative working?
Collaborative working includes different ways in which two or more organisations work
with each other in order to perform their operations quickly. It is an art which includes mutual
working of different entities in order to gain competitive advantage at the marketplace.
Collaborative working is effective way of completing a task effectively in a short span of time.
Nowadays, various organisations in this modern world prefers collaborative working in order to
reduce burden which is attached with it. For quick delivery of outcome collaborative working is
practised by different organisations. It focuses on eliminating workload for an individual and
helps in performing teamwork.
b) strategies would you use?
For building the team work in the organisation there are various strategies which has to be
followed:
 setting up the objective of the organisation (Clandinin, 2018).
 Developing an open communication in the organisation so that lack of communication
cannot take place.
 Clarifying the responsibilities and roles of the organisation so that better outcome can
take place in the organisation.
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 Setting the well defined goals helps in improving the performance of the business in the
organisation.
 Building the trust between the team members helps in creating a healthy working
environment in the team members.
 Proving the suitable examples during the completion of the task helps in increasing the
performance of the business.
c)values would guide you?
Values plays an important role during the team collaboration.
 As a team members being passionate towards the work is very important.
 Starting with a small to achieve big helps in achieving the goals of the organisation.
 Developing a healthy working environment helps in the establishment of the goals.
d) interpersonal skills are required?
 Proper communication skills is helps in the achieving the targets effectively.
 Listening skills helps in the development team and understanding the information
effectively.
 Problem solving skills helps in the growth of the team.
 Decision making skills helps in planning of the strategies effectively (David-Chavez,
2018).
 Team members should know how to manage conflicts so that healthy relationship can
take place.
 Providing the resolution of the solution helps in development of the team members.
e) benefits of collaborative working?
 Collaboration working helps in the building the strong bond among the team members.
 It helps in learning developing the skills of the individuals.
 It builds a better way of communication in the organisation.
 It helps in the increasing the retention rates in the organisation.
 It helps in developing the efficiency in the team members which helps in providing best
outcomes.
 It also helps in motivating the individual through developing the skill.
 It helps in developing a healthy working environment in the organisation (Linkov, 2018).
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f) How would you promote equality and diversity in the workplace?
 Developing fairness helps in building the healthy working environment in the
organisation.
 Providing proper training helps in creating diversity in the organisation.
 Providing equal opportunities to the employees helps in the development of the equality
in the organisation.
g) How are British Values embedded into collaborative working?
There are various British values which is involved in the collaborative working like rule
of law, democracy, individual liberty, tolerance
Democracy helps in the building the equality and freedom in the team so that everyone has the
equal right to put their point of view. The rule of law it helps in making the safe and happy
environment so that healthy work environment can take place. Proper respect and tolerance
between the team members helps in building the strong team in the organisation.
h) What are the consequences poor collaborative working?
Poor collaboration in the organisation eliminates the productivity, quality and revenue of
the organisation which can affect the goodwill of the organisation in the market. It also affect the
brand image in the market by providing the low quality of goods and services to the customers. If
the needs of the customers will not be satisfied properly then it can affect the revenue generating
power of the business. It also reduce the level of confidence in the individual which can affect
the growth of the individual in the organisation. Proper collaboration in the working helps in
building the healthy working environment in the organisation. It can provides various
advantages to the new firms in the market which can also affect the revenue of the business in
the market.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report it has been analysed that values, ethics and working in
collaboration helps the organisation to achieve its goals effectively it helps the business to
increase its profit in the market by enhancing the behaviour of the individual in the organisation
there are various ethical values which helps the individual develop its skills in the organisation
which helps in increasing the performance of the employee in the organisation which helps in
increasing the profit of business if the business is following the ethics properly it helps in the
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long term survival of the business in the market it also helps in increasing the goodwill of the
business in the market due to which demand of the business will also increased. There are
various ethical laws given by the government of the UK which helps in the enhancing the
performance of the employees in the organisation. Value and ethics helps in developing the
integrity in the organisation which helps in developing the collaboration between the employees
so that growth of the business can be achieved. If the organisation is not following its ethics
properly then it can affect the reputation of the business in the market which will provide the
advantage to the competitors in the market.
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