Sustainability and Ethics in Health and Safety Practice Assignment Brief
| Qualification | OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management (603/7782/3) |
| Unit Reference Number | T/618/8240 |
| Unit Title | Sustainability and Ethics in Health and Safety Practice |
| Number of Credits | 20 |
| Total Qualification Time | 200 Hours |
| Guided Learning Hours (GLH) | 100 Hours |
| Mandatory / Optional | Mandatory |
Unit Aims
The aim of the unit is to evaluate the influences the workplace has on the safety and health of workers and evaluate the evidence for creating an all-inclusive approach to improving safety, health and wellbeing at work.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
| Learning Outcomes- The learner will: | Assessment Criteria- The learner can: |
| 1. Ensure the business reflects in all its undertakings a strategy and implementation plan for sustainability alongside its core health and safety objectives. | 1.1 Evaluate the extent to which sustainability is understood at all levels of the business and its stakeholders
1.2 Develop a time bound plan to focus the business on the benefits of improving its approach to sustainability. 1.3 Analyse the benefits of an improved approach to sustainability and introduce an effective monitoring and review process to measure progress and benefit. |
| 2. Be able to demonstrate improvements in behaviours at all levels of the business and all working relationships as a result of developing and implementing improved business sustainability and ethical practices.
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2.1 Assess and describe the approach to the inclusion of a corporate strategy on sustainability and its impact on behaviours.
2.2 Critically evaluate the range of information and guidance that is needed throughout the organisation to support changes in behaviours and relationships in support of a strategy. 2.3 Assess and describe the range of benefits as well as potential issues of changes in the business approach to greater sustainability in OHS. |
| 3. Understand the scope for ethical business practices on the part of the health and safety professional and the scope for developing engagement and commitment to ethical behaviours and measures. | 3.1 Analyse the contribution of ethical business practices within an organisation.
3.2 Identify the range of considerations by the OHS professional in demonstrating an approach to ethical business practices. 3.3 Explain the challenges of how an approach to ethical business practice underpins an overall strategy to implement improvements in sustainability. |
Assessment
To achieve a ‘pass’ for this unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria.
Specific assessment guidance and relevant marking criteria for each unit are made available in the Assignment Brief document.
| Learning Outcomes to be met | Assessment criteria to be covered | Type of assessment | Word count (approx. length) |
| All 1 to 3 | All AC under LO 1 to LO 3 | Portfolio of evidence | 4000 words |
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