What you'll learn:
- Describe what compliance is, its function within an organization and who is responsibl industry sectors, including those that provide services to those sectors.
- Understand why compliance exists, how it is set and changed, including the consequences of not complying.
- Know about changing trends in compliance which include privacy, ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
- Gain an understanding of how operationalizing a compliance management plan using a risk based approach works using tools available.
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to understand compliance requirements in a given business or industry.
The course goes on to explain why such requirements exist, how they are set and changed, and who is responsible for them including the consequences of not complying. Then the course explains the three major types of compliance requirements including recognition, prevention and identification.
The third section includes changing trends in compliance which include privacy, ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. This course concludes by addressing how compliance affects organizations, industries and individuals over time.
The purpose of this course is to explain what compliance is, how it is used and what purpose it serves. The course outlines the three major types of compliance requirements including recognition, prevention and identification.
Compliance refers to "the act of complying with a rule, law, directive or standard". However this does not cover all uses of the term as there are many different definitions depending on which industry or company you are working in. In addition there is a distinction to be made between compliance and conformity. Compliance refers to "the act of complying with a rule, law, directive or standard".
The participants will learn about the following areas:
- Regulatory bodies and compliance requirements as they pertain to specific business or industry sectors, including those that provide services to those sectors.
- Compliance management plan development, including the roles and responsibilities of the project team members.
- Operationalizing a compliance management plan using a risk based approach. The course also covers tools that are available to assist with risk management.
- Compliance requirements for each phase of the project life cycle, including awareness, justification, design/planning, transition and operation/maintenance phases.
- How compliance is measured using metrics and KPIs.
Audience: This course is intended for all individuals responsible for or impacted by compliance management in a given project or organization.
