Comprehensive Report on Values, Ethics, and Collaborative Working

This report examines the critical aspects of values, ethics, and collaborative working within a business context. It begins by defining ethics and its influence, exploring factors affecting ethical behavior, and emphasizing the importance of workplace ethics. The report then delves into specific ethical issues, such as the Libor scandal, and discusses relevant laws, including the Equality Act 2010 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which promote good ethical practices. Furthermore, it addresses corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the role of organizations in societal betterment. The report also outlines expected employee behaviors, including punctuality, confidence, and work-life balance, and provides insights into legal rights related to GDPR. Finally, the report explores collaborative working, its strategies, values, interpersonal skills, benefits, and the promotion of equality and diversity within the workplace, including the consequences of poor collaborative working.

Values, Ethics and
Working
Collaboratively

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1- NEWSLETTER ARTICLE..............................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
a) What is collaborative working?..........................................................................................9
b) What strategies would you use?.........................................................................................9
c) What values would guide you?..........................................................................................9
d) What interpersonal skills are required?............................................................................10
e) What are the benefits of collaborative working?..............................................................10
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?................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Ethics is the implication of all the moral values and the conducts that helps out to pertain
and maintain the important areas and the nature through which the person should there by works.
It mainly considers all the moral and the cultural values that conducts the right and the wrong in
the person behaviour (Banks,and Brydon-Miller 2018). All the organisational order to increase
and maintain the growth of the company should maintain the values and the cultural aspect that
helps out to regain the advancement. All the ethical behaviour and the nature of the person
should maintain the work place values and the conducts. This report will discuss all the values
and the ethical perspective of the company with their details about the work and the changes
through which collaborative working approach is framed.
TASK 1- NEWSLETTER ARTICLE
Ethics and factors that effect ethics.
Ethics is mainly the values and the moral
conducts which implicates and mention all
the important areas through which all the
organisation tends to work in the efficient
manner. All the right and the wrong
behaviour of the person depends on the
ethical practises that are being used by them
in their daily approach. As all the standard
ethical practises is important which means
that all the individual in their daily life and
in all the working activity should practise
the ethical norms and the culture through
which they attain the moral values and their
being the aesthetic behaviour in all the
approaches. Through all the socio-economic
life and the culture, it is important to clarify
that the approaches termed in it has to be
established with the values and the
behavioural approach.
Ethics is influenced by the various sectors as
in the organisation ethic is mainly
influenced by the government regulation and
the legislation that are being used while
making the work in proper manner on the
other hand when it comes to the conducts
and the norms the influence and the changes
in the society culture and the growth is the
main aspect for the ethical perception. It is
being maintained that all such practises are
important in generating the ethics on the
daily life of the person. Factors that
influence ethics are like , moral values
social and the various code of conducts,

ethical behaviour and many more all this
help to make a empowering impact on the
ethical areas and the changes being made in
all the individual and organisation.
Workplace ethics and its importance.
Workplace ethics is the moral conducts and
practises which an individual has to attain in
order to work in the company in an ethical
manner. As for working in all the company
the person or the individual will have to gain
the changes and advancement and for that,
they have to follow the moral conducts and
values. Workplace ethics helps out all the
employees to gain confidence towards their
working areas and also maintain the
employees’ performance, commitment
towards organisation with generating trust
and satisfaction.
The major scandal or unethical practise
The unethical practise of Barclays is the
Libor scandal in which as Libor is mainly
the benchmark interest rate on account of
which all the banks use to lend money and
unsecured funds to the markets. This is
mainly an ICE benchmark administration
which maintains all the interest rate that is to
be aligned by the Libor. Barclays in it has
fraudulently changed the actual borrowing
interest rate that is being decided by Libor
instead of that they managed some lower
interest rate so as to attract most of the
customers to lend money from them. This
mainly has eroded the trust of public and
also forced them to leave their accounts
from the Banks with that Barclay was
charged to pay the penalty as a fine to the
government. This unethical practises have
left the customers shattered and made them
to change their mentality towards Barclays
and resulted that there was a major loss as so
many customers back stepped from making
their accounts in the company. Thus, all the
organisations are tending to maintain their
values and conducts on peak and as on all
such frauds the major issue which eradicates
is ion the company and also on public they
lose trust when such unethical behaviour is
being noticed and the employees too lost the
trust from the company.
Laws that promotes good ethical practice
in organisation in UK.
As ethics pertains out to be the major
and important factor which maintain the
dignity in the workplace and also carries out
all the benefits in working of organisation.

Ethics as gives out the norms and the moral
conducts that made out to gain the benefits
and to establish the cultural and the positive
impact in all firms. There are certain laws
which are important in maintaining the
ethical practises in the company they are as
follows:
 Freedom of Information Act 2000-
In this act they merely provide the
protection and maintain the
transparency in all the public sectors
organisation. It attains all the rights
through which personal data cannot
be taken of any person, and all the
confidential information which is of
the person will not be taken without
the permission or signature of that
individual. This Act provides all the
necessary areas and the requirements
through which the areas the
confidential details and the
documents are kept in record. In all
the companies when the data is being
generated and taken then it is the
duty of that workplace to keep all the
security and the privacy regarding
that data. And likewise confidential
storage of the important information
of company is being maintained.
 Equality Act 2010- this act covers
out to give equality to all the
individual in the workplace. This
mainly signifies that all the
employees should be treats in an
equal manner and there should not be
any discrimination on account of
gender, race, sex etc. the salary and
the wages which are given to the
employees have to be equal for all.
And them seems to follow the
cultural and the ethical practises
through which they provide the
working of the company.
Thus, in all the companies it is
important that the ethics and the values
should be kept on peak and there has to
maintain the code of conduct and the
implication in the performance of the

employees. there may not be any
discrimination or unethical behaviour with
the person working in the firm. For instance,
Google use to follow all the ethical practises
and the laws in its organisation that helps in
the advancement and the betterment of the
country and the company.

TASK 2 ESSAY
The main issue is that all the organisation should try to impose social work which helps
in the betterment of the society and promoting the education of the children and helping out
weaker section of the society. Obligations performs to the society in order to maintain the
positive approach and benefit for the society it comprises of all the methods which helps the
society and the person who are in utter need for getting facilities (Barolli and Liwa, 2021). This
cover out the social work which is being done by an organisation, from the profit that is being
earned. Such kind of positive approaches towards the society creates most impactful idea and
ethical mentality towards company. The social upliftment in order to make the growth of society
and to support the backward areas is being taken into consideration.
Always the US established company which use to deal with all the Feminine hygiene
products for instance the sanitary pads and all cleaning wipes has taken the social causes to peak
as they introduced the keeping girls in School Program in developing countries. Through which
they try to make girl education important and make all the girls to gain utter knowledge. They
also took an initiative of starting the Mobileshaala through which the girls can get the education
from their homes through the mobile phones. All this social work has developed the positive
impact on the society as they maintained the working and the positive approach of the company.
And all such Corporate social responsibility which is being maintained by the companies
creates a wider image and the positive impact on the people and the employees working with
them. The consequences of this action is maximum funds were being raised through this process
and the girls gain the education throughout all thus donations and savings.
Rules expected from an employee in the organisation by the public and their clients
As in all the companies it is important to create the positive work approach and friendly
environment.(Costello and et. al., 2017). But there are some issue which are majorly been seen
in all the organisation that creates an negative impact of that industry on the employees and also
on the clients like the Discrimination as this is the major issue which no company should
practise. There should be maintained fair and equal treatment with all the employees being
working and no discrimination should occur over their capabilities or the working condition as
that creates a bad impact on all the working employees.

Other than that, conflicts as an organisation should try to create a friendly environment
with all their employees and all the team leaders and employees should connect in a proper
manner without any issue their seems that the negative environment and the extreme conflicting
conditions should be avoided.
All employees in workplace should maintain certain behaviour like Punctuality, as they
have to appear on time on their working area and maintain the punctuality while doing any task
or work. Confidence all the employees should maintain and wear a confidence on their
communication with clients. This helps to make the client attain trust towards organisation.
Proper operating skill as all employees needs to maintain the allocation of resources and
with that they are needed to frame the working my managing the operations in proper and
adequate manner. Smart work as employees have to do smart work by serving the clients in easy
and attractive manner and making the work look easy for all. Work life balance as it is important
to maintain the balance in the personal and professional life so all employees have to keep the
balance in their working areas and maintain all the relation with proper aspect by overcoming all
the challenges (Datnow, and Park, 2018).
The legal rights in relation to GDPR are the General Data Protection Regulation which
helps in protection of all the data and the individual's personal and confidential there are some
legal rights which are like, Right to restrict processing it protects the individuals data by
restricting the other person to use that information at some extent. This means that organisation
can be restricted to use the data of any person. Right to access it means that the individual can at
any time take all the data and information for their own benefit. Like the organisation will have
to give the access to the person in order to make them access their information. Right to
rectification is the method through which the person when so ever seems that the information
being given or used is incorrect or there is a need for some alteration then they have the right to
make the changes in that information (Han and et. al., 2017).
Right to erasure covers out the legal right in which the individual can change the data
and erase all the information that they feel not to be mentioned in the records. Right to data
portability through this right the person can at any time make their information or the personal
data to be relocated in all the areas or the organisation for their personal benefits. This relocation
can be made by requesting organisation to do that. Right to object as the individual can at any
time object the person for making various implementations and the records and they at any time

can stop the organisation from taking their information and object on any of the Right to be
informed all the person or the individual have the right that should maintain ad get all the
information about where their information is being used.
All such rights that are being used and attained by the organisational order to keep
security of all the work and the data of the individual.
TASK 3
The following are the concerns which are needed to be addressed by the management as
in order to maintain the proper working. So there are following solutions which will help out in
maintaining all the effective working. In this report their will be a brief analysis of all the
collaborative working and it benefits with certain advantages and agreements. They are as
follow:
a) What is collaborative working?
Collaborative working
It is the working of two or more than two organisational order to gain the common
objective or cause and to attain the benefits. This implies all the network and the alliances
through which the joint delivery of all the services and the projects is being made. The
collaborative working can be for fixed time period or this can also come in the form of
permanent arrangement (Kaziunas and et. al., 2018). It is being increasing rapidly and with all
the effectiveness and efficiency in their work. Collaboration of the organisation can be for the
separate companies, made in the pre-existing industries or with any parent firm so as to frame
out their goals.
b) What strategies would you use?
The main strategies that are being used in the collaborative working are the trust should
be maintained in all the employees or the team members who are working together.
 Proper empowerment has to be given with effective communication about the goals and
the mission belong that collaboration (Logesh and et. al., 2020).
 Should make all their employees focused for the work.
 The team members should timely encourage and make effective plans to gain the goals in
the organisation. There should also be growth and promotion in the hones and transparent

nature of all the members which means that all the members should be well aware about
the plans and should get equal treatment.
c) What values would guide you?
Values important in collaborative working
The most important value that is being gained in the collaborative working is the power
and the importance of working together with it encompass to make the service excellence in their
work and project and able to maintain the trust in their relation with each other. There by it help
to gain the identity of the work and also helps to maintain the ethics and the morals that all the
person use in their life so as to gain the advancement in the behaviour and the personality for the
projects.
d) What interpersonal skills are required?
As when the collaborative working is made the most important areas and the skills that are
required by the person are communication between all the team members which means all the
verbal and the non-verbal. With that all the members should try to listen all the what is being
said the other member. This also contains the mentioned skills like:
 Problem solving skills.
 Assertiveness in their work as all the members should be attentive toward their work
which is assigned and should maintain the nature and the conduct in proper manner
(Oskam, 2019).
e) What are the benefits of collaborative working? Communication-The collaborative working helps the people in so many ways like they
open up various channels of communication for all the members and also the person
being working and bring all the different team and the member closer together.
 Advancement and technology- It implies that the people through this working learn the
advancement and the varied new techniques that are can be applied by them in their
business. This working also maintain the higher retention rate and frames the conducts
and the values of all the organisation together while working. By the collaborative the
relation, productivity and all the pertain changes can be made.

f) How would you promote equality and diversity in the workplace?
Equality- In order to maintain the growth and equality in the work place there should be
maintain the fair working and the nature of the areas. It promotes out that all the individual and
the person should be treated equally and them tends to be framed no discrimination in any areas.
The team members who are working together should utter the transparency and covers out all the
nature and the recourse of the substitution (Volet, Vauras, Salo, and Khosa, 2017). This frames
that equal treatment better communication and friendly relation will have to be maintained in all
of them.
g) How are British Values embedded into collaborative working?
Values maintained in British zone-The British values means all the conduct in the
behaviour and the skills attach are being used by the person so as to attain the equal treatment in
the organisation.
Importance
There has been maintained that all the apprentices and the respect towards all the people
covers and encourages the nature of mutual respect and work. there should be no discrimination
in the workplace all the members should be treated properly sand the respect should be given to
all the members working together. The democracy with no tolerance of hate is the main values
been frame in the British collaborative working.
h) What are the consequences poor collaborative working?
Effects and Consequence
As due to the poor collaborative working there has been made that if the working is not
proper then it will automatically affects the organisation and the growth of the work.
Implications- As being seen that all the members there by try to make their work in proper
manner and when such implications are seen that all the nature and the recourse of Working is
being maintained. The main framework which is seen in the organisation is it will affect the
performance of the company. If the working is poor then this will decrease the morale of the
employees and also makes them to direct and affect the company’s performance(Weissenborn
and et. al., 2017).

CONCLUSION
From this report it is concluded that, ethics is the values and the morals that are being
made and cover all the cultural and the organisational growth this is concerned with the ethical
behaviour and performance of the company and their work. Workforce ethics plays a vital role in
all the company as it helps out to maintain the balance and truest in the employees. There is
various organisation that do the unethical practises and try to maintain the fraud. For the
improvement of the society social work is the main factor that is important for all the company
and their performance. furthermore, it is also analysed that collaborative working aims to
maintain the equal treatment and growth in the organisation.