Why Comply?

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I took part in a Podcast today with @craigtaylor @burrough and @StephanieDedhar – we were discussing the subject of compliance training, our best and worse experiences of it and what we in the Learning Technologies field can do to enhance its reputation.

Check out the Podcast here, on Craig’s Blog

Although I have been involved in adhering to IT systems compliance and statutory compliance – I’ve not had to develop compliance delivery across an organisation… so I read up on it before the podcast and made a few notes.

Differences between policies, regulations and Laws

• UK Law, EU Law, International Law
• Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Business Law

Training

• Budget – who pays?  [each dept, Training/Personnel?]
• Time constraints – when will it be delivered
• Method – How will it be delivered
• In-house [expert?] or outsourced?

How to ensure Compliance?

• Internal Policies and Procedures
• Who’s responsibility? Personnel or each department?

Important to ensure compliance – embed it into the workplace culture, as part of staff development, rather than as ‘rules & regulations’ training.