P2 Explain how and why a business adheres to recruitment processes which are ethical and comply
with current employment law
The Right to Work Legislation identifies which individual has the right to work in the UK. Before
recruiting, Tesco employers must ensure the candidate has the right to live and work in the UK. This can
be proven by submitting the accurate document such as passport or National identity copy. This would
help Tesco avoid employing an individual that does not have the right to work in the UK 1. If Tesco
employees an individual that does not have the right to work then the business may get a penalty from
the government leading to a bad reputation.
Ethics involves doing what is believed to be morally correct. This involves being honest and avoiding
misleading candidates.
One of the ethical issues Tesco must consider when recruiting staff is interviewing all candidates with
the same questions because this will show the business is effectively making sure that every candidate
gets the same opportunity to impress the interviewers. This will make it fair on candidates as
interviewers would not be able to discriminate against the candidate by asking different or harder
questions which the individual may not be able to answer. One advantage of asking the same questions
is Tesco interviewers would be able to compare candidates’ answers easily and faster. This would allow
them to review applications faster making it less time consuming to evaluate each candidate and
determine which candidate is a good match for a particular role. This would maximise Tesco’s
productivity as the best candidate would be appointed for this role and the time saved would be used to
focus on other roles.
However, this depends on if Tesco interviews are not biased and if they find the best candidate in a
short period of time. However, asking the same questions can be a disadvantage as they may receive
similar answers from their candidates therefore not allowing them to identify which is the best answer.
This would also be time consuming as they would have to re-read the applications several times in order
to make sure they chose the best candidate for a particular job. As this process is time consuming the
interviews may not be able to perform other duties therefore decreasing the business’s productivity.
Furthermore, if they fail to do this, then they may choose an unsuitable candidate and lose the best
candidate leading to negative results and less productivity which will not allow Tesco to improve their
gross profit. This depends on if they receive similar answers and are not able to decide which candidate
should be employed to work in Tesco.
Tesco should not allow interviewers to interview their relatives as this would be an ethical issue of
nepotism. Nepotism during recruitment occurs when interviewers appoint their relatives or friends for a
certain position instead of appointing the most suitable candidate; this would be seen as bias. One
advantage of considering this issue is to make the process more open and fair. This would make Tesco
business to be seen as more ethical and this would positively improve their reputation leading them to
receive more candidates for a particular role. Having a higher range of candidates would benefit the
business as they would receive higher qualified candidates which can support Tesco to achieve faster
levels of growth resulting in higher competitive advantage. Having a fair interviewing process would
allow Tesco the recruit the best candidate for a particular position. This would depend on if Tesco
considers this ethical issue and not allow the interviewer to interview their relatives or friends.
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Work_Law_UK
with current employment law
The Right to Work Legislation identifies which individual has the right to work in the UK. Before
recruiting, Tesco employers must ensure the candidate has the right to live and work in the UK. This can
be proven by submitting the accurate document such as passport or National identity copy. This would
help Tesco avoid employing an individual that does not have the right to work in the UK 1. If Tesco
employees an individual that does not have the right to work then the business may get a penalty from
the government leading to a bad reputation.
Ethics involves doing what is believed to be morally correct. This involves being honest and avoiding
misleading candidates.
One of the ethical issues Tesco must consider when recruiting staff is interviewing all candidates with
the same questions because this will show the business is effectively making sure that every candidate
gets the same opportunity to impress the interviewers. This will make it fair on candidates as
interviewers would not be able to discriminate against the candidate by asking different or harder
questions which the individual may not be able to answer. One advantage of asking the same questions
is Tesco interviewers would be able to compare candidates’ answers easily and faster. This would allow
them to review applications faster making it less time consuming to evaluate each candidate and
determine which candidate is a good match for a particular role. This would maximise Tesco’s
productivity as the best candidate would be appointed for this role and the time saved would be used to
focus on other roles.
However, this depends on if Tesco interviews are not biased and if they find the best candidate in a
short period of time. However, asking the same questions can be a disadvantage as they may receive
similar answers from their candidates therefore not allowing them to identify which is the best answer.
This would also be time consuming as they would have to re-read the applications several times in order
to make sure they chose the best candidate for a particular job. As this process is time consuming the
interviews may not be able to perform other duties therefore decreasing the business’s productivity.
Furthermore, if they fail to do this, then they may choose an unsuitable candidate and lose the best
candidate leading to negative results and less productivity which will not allow Tesco to improve their
gross profit. This depends on if they receive similar answers and are not able to decide which candidate
should be employed to work in Tesco.
Tesco should not allow interviewers to interview their relatives as this would be an ethical issue of
nepotism. Nepotism during recruitment occurs when interviewers appoint their relatives or friends for a
certain position instead of appointing the most suitable candidate; this would be seen as bias. One
advantage of considering this issue is to make the process more open and fair. This would make Tesco
business to be seen as more ethical and this would positively improve their reputation leading them to
receive more candidates for a particular role. Having a higher range of candidates would benefit the
business as they would receive higher qualified candidates which can support Tesco to achieve faster
levels of growth resulting in higher competitive advantage. Having a fair interviewing process would
allow Tesco the recruit the best candidate for a particular position. This would depend on if Tesco
considers this ethical issue and not allow the interviewer to interview their relatives or friends.
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Work_Law_UK
