3co03 Assignment Example
In People Practice, you are a Junior Associate, and you are working towards your CIPD qualification. Your Study Centre’s head has been contacted by a local television production company seeking assistance. The company is developing a current affairs program about ethical business practices. Several well-publicised examples of unethical practices and exploitation at work have led the group to focus on the role of a People Practice team in supporting and promoting the ethical practice in organisations. Staff members are concerned about the effects of ethical practices on their day-to-day work experiences. There is a suspicion that they are biased and seek examples to support their point of view that modern-day organisations exploit workers and don’t care about their wellbeing. The Director has asked you of your study centre to prepare a briefing paper to help the production company craft its response.
Task preparation:
We encourage you to discuss your plan with your Assessor at the start of your assignment and agree on milestones with them to assist you in tracking your progress.
- For guidance and support, refer to the indicative content in the unit.
- It is essential to pay attention to how your evidence is presented, especially working in the People Practice Team.
- Ensure that the evidence you generate for this assessment remains your own.
Among the benefits are:
Implementing the feedback you receive from your Assessor.
- Reflect on your own experiences of learning and professional development.
- Reviewing the CIPD Insight, Fact Sheets, and other relevant online material.
Briefing paper on ethical practice – Task One
This briefing paper aims to demonstrate the role of Human Resources in promoting professional values, ethics, and principles within organisations. The following topics should be addressed in the paper:
- Explain one ethical principle and one professional value that you consider to be important, and which underpin your behaviour at work (or in your studies). For each of these, provide a real example of HOW they inform your approach to work. (AC 1.1)
- Describe, with examples, two ways in which you as a people professional conform (or, in future employment, would conform) with ethics related legislation. (AC 1.2)
- For each of the three contexts (a, b, c) below, describe one example of how you have behaved in a way that was inclusive and respectful to others, and one way in which you could further enhance your behaviour. (AC 2.1)
- a) contributing your views and opinions
- b) clarifying problems or issues
- c) working effectively as part of a team
4. Explain why it is important for a people practice professional to stay up to date with developments in the world of work and people practice and recommend two methods you have found most effective for this purpose. (AC 2.2)
Task Two – Writing a self-reflection journal
To complete the task, you are asked to provide a record of how you have proactively maintained and upgraded your knowledge and skills over the last 12 months, along with a review of the impact of these activities.
Your record should be presented as an attachment to your assignment, either in the form of a formal/structured CPD Record or as pages from the CIPD ‘My CPD Reflections’ tool. (AC 2.3)
Your record(s) must include the following:
A description of three CPD activities, undertaken within the last 12 months, that you consider having impacted on your work performance or behaviours
The three ‘activities’ may be anything that supported your development, for example: planned/formal development activities such as learning events or programmes; unplanned/informal activities such as researching online, watching a video, or reading a book; or work-based activities such as participating in a particular work project or simply putting yourself in a work role or position that you knew would stretch and develop you.
And for each of these three activities, a reflection on how they have impacted your work performance or behaviours
For example: did you gain a greater understanding of, or more knowledge about, something and if so, how has that impacted your behaviour? How are you, or is your performance, different because of the learning undertaken? Was the activity worth doing in terms of its impact on your behaviour or performance? Did the activity make you aware of, or perhaps generate, other development needs? What conclusions did you draw from this for further activities?
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