Question

Explain how policies and procedures are used to manage compliance and ethical practice in internal work practices.

Answer 1

Policies and procedures are important in maintaining the internal workplace practices and the ethical practices

Policies provide information to the employees regarding the organization's vision and also provide framework for actions.

Whereas procedures are set of actions to be carried out by the employees according to the organizational policy

Together policies and procedures provide many advantages in the internal workplace, if it is practiced appropriately. They:

Provide clear instructions with goals of the organization

Avoid dilemma, and conflicts

Provide guidance for decision making

Policies also address the acceptable behaviors by employees

Helps in consistent actions by the employees

Reduces legal and safety risks

Policies identify the key activities to be done by the employees

Procedures explain how to accomplish a task in accordance with organization's goals

Inorder to ensure the proper awareness on policies and procedures among employees, make sure that, the procedures and policies are feasible, and accessible to the employees. Its the duty of the top level managers to ensure the best format of policies to the employees