CIPD Level 7 Advanced Core Unit: Personal Effectiveness, Ethics and Business Acumen

This unit is about supporting successful workers and promoting effective and ethical behaviours to champion better work and working lives and develop business acumen. The theories and concepts that underpin this subject are essential for promoting inclusiveness and influencing others through fair and transparent behaviours. Through core skillsets such as perception, critical thinking, communication and teamwork, this unit will promote understanding of how actions and inclusive behaviour impact on ethics and the organisation.

This is a core unit under the CIPD Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management or Learning and Development. You must complete all 8 units to get certified for the full Diploma.

You will critically assess different ethical standpoints in people practice and how ethical behaviour maintains high standards. You will consider business improvement in relation to working lives evaluating the promotion of well-being, fairness and the contribution of personal integrity within organisations as well as evaluating the benefits and costs of collaborative methods, both internally and externally across a variety of business boundaries. You will learn how to achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes through an understanding of the business, and self-awareness and improvement to support your career progression. Additionally, you will justify the benefits of maintaining a passion for learning, evaluate the need for continuing professional development and the merits of evidence based critical thinking. Finally, you will demonstrate behaviours associated with effective influencing and decision-making as well as assessing the benefits of networking.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, learners will be able to:

• Be able to model principles and values that promote inclusivity aimed at maximising the contribution that people make to organisations.
• Be able to achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes for yourself and organisations.
• Be able to apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
• Be able to influence others during decision-making while showing courage and conviction.

You may be an experienced people practitioner who cannot commit to the full CIPD Diploma programme or you may wish to undertake this unit to challenge yourself and deepen your understanding in a certain area of HR. Or you may be looking to get a taster for what to expect from a CIPD Level 7 Qualification.

Contact us and our friendly advisers would be happy to discuss your career goals and the assessment requirements and ensure this the right pathway for you.

You don’t need formal qualifications but ideally you will have a relevant degree or HR experience. Contact our expert team, who will be happy to offer advice on what is right for you and get you started on developing the knowledge and skills you need to help you on your way to achieving your career ambitions.

Studying towards the Advanced Diploma will ensure you fulfil your potential. Upon completion of this unit you will have completed one of the units needed to achieve the CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management or Learning and Development, which can help you become a Chartered Member of the CIPD. You won’t receive the full qualification until all 8 units have been completed.