The new international standard for
compliance management systems, ISO 19600 was published on 15 December 2014. ISO
19600 is based on the principles of good governance, proportionality,
transparency and sustainability and provides guidance for establishing,
developing, implementing, evaluating, maintaining and improving an effective
and responsive compliance management system within an organization. ISO 19600 standards
for compliance management systems has been implemented by many companies due to
its advantage over local or regional standards. It can be applied by all
organizational structures of all sizes internationally and in all industries.
As per ISO 19600, an effective, organization-wide compliance management system
enables an organization to demonstrate its commitment to compliance with
relevant laws, including legislative requirements, industry codes and
organizational standards, as well as standards of good corporate governance,
best practices and ethics and community expectations. Compliance is an outcome
of an organization meeting its obligations, and is made sustainable by
embedding it in the culture of the organization and in the behavior and
attitude of people working for it. While maintaining its independence, it is
preferable if compliance management is integrated with the organization’s
financial, risk, quality, environmental and health and safety management processes
and its operational requirements and procedures .ISO 19600 emphasizes the
importance of culture, especially the culture of integrity and compliance and
communicates this importance throughout the standard. In addition to giving us
a definition of compliance culture, the standard also underlines that the
development of a compliance culture requires such ingredients as active,
visible, consistent, and sustained commitment of the organization’s governing
body, top management and management towards a common standard of behavior that
is required throughout every area of the organization. Compliance management
system based on ISO 19600 sets up all of the prerequisites necessary to help
the organization meet its obligations, both regulatory and to other
stakeholders, through maintaining a culture of integrity and compliance and through
a set of best practices proven to be successful. ISO 19600 is intended to
assist organizations in improving and broadening their existing approach to
compliance management it is helpful that it follows the ‘high-level structure’
for ISO management system standards. The standard can also be applied as a
‘plug-in’ to adapt the overall management system of an organization to
systematically manage compliance matters.
Conclusion
Organizations that aim to be
successful in the long term need to maintain a culture of integrity and compliance
and to consider the needs and expectations of stakeholders. A compliance
management system based on ISO 19600 sets up all of the prerequisites necessary
to help the organization meet its obligations, both regulatory and to other
stakeholders, through maintaining a culture of integrity and compliance, and through
a set of best practices proven to be successful. Compliance is an outcome of an
organization meeting its obligations, and is made sustainable by embedding it
in the culture of the organization and in the behavior and attitude of people
working for it. While maintaining its independence, it is preferable if
compliance management is integrated with the organization’s financial, risk,
quality, environmental and health and safety management processes and its
operational requirements and procedures.
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