Explain one ethical principle and one professional value that you consider to be important, and which underpin your behaviour at work

Assessment ID/CIPD_3CO03_23_01

Core behaviours for people professionals

The assessment has been developed to enable you to evidence achievement of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for 3CO03 Core behaviours for people professionals.

Each of the learning outcomes (LO) and assessment criteria (AC) for the assessment must gain a pass outcome for you to successfully achieve the unit.

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Declaration by the learner (this box must be signed—not typed—or your assessment will not be accepted)

Declaration by the centre

This unit introduces the core behaviours for people professionals, focusing on ethical practice to create value. It considers how certain ways of thinking and acting should be universally consistent, even in new and challenging situations, to promote a sense of wellbeing and inclusivity in the organisation.

Ethical practice paper

A key responsibility for all ‘professionals’ is to regularly review and develop our performance at work.  This includes reviewing our work and interpersonal behaviours – a particularly important activity for people professionals.

In this task, you as a people professional (working or student), are asked to answer four review questions about your work behaviours, with a particular focus on ethics, inclusivity and how you interact with others.

To complete the task, please respond to all four questions below. Your responses should reflect a sound understanding of ethical and inclusive people practice and include a mix of explanation (description/discussion) along with examples, as required by the question.

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)

YOUR ETHICAL PRACTICE PAPER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.

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Professional Development

This task continues your professional review by requiring you to consider the impact of your chosen CPD activities on your performance and behaviours.

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. Explain one ethical principle and one professional value that you consider to be important, and which underpin your behaviour at work 

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? 

INSERT YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECORD IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.

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