Whilst few disagree with the reasons, many struggle to find an effective way to develop and deploy their corporate policies.
The reality is that an enormous amount of time, resource and money is wasted unless you have a process that;
- gets the right policies to the right people
- ensures staff read, understand and sign-up to key policies
- provides management with detailed reporting and audit trails
- integrates with and adapts to existing customer policies, procedures, infrastructure
- is designed from the ground up make policy management compelling and effective
There are three fundamental reasons why we need corporate policies:
- to reduce the likliehood of non-compliance with relevant legislation and regulations,
- to drive positive culture, and
- to help achieve an organisation's goals.
iCompli will assist you in your 5 stage policy review.
Establishing policy requirement: Researching relevant law, regulatory requirements, guidelines and best practice. Identifying the business's requirements.
Drafting policy: Creating legally-sound statements in plain English.
Policy deployment: Distributing policies rapidly and reliably around the organisation.
Testing understanding and affirming acceptance: Ensuring employees understand policy and agree to abide by it.
Auditing policy penetration: Auditing policy and providing management reports on compliance status.