Constraints on Organisations

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Constraints on Organisations
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Statutory constraints

• Statutory constraints are the laws and
  legislation by which a company has to abide.

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Statutory constraints

• Examples of statutory constraints are
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Employment Law
• The Disability Discrimination Act

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Voluntary constraints

• Voluntary codes of practice are statements by an
  organisation about methods of working which are
  recommended as good practice within an industry.
• Organisations that volunteer to abide by the
  codes display symbols showing customers that they
  participate in such schemes. The codes normally
  have no legal backing but use other ways of
  encouraging compliance.

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Voluntary constraints

• An example of an organisation that publishes and
  administers a code of practice is the Advertising
  Standards Agency (ASA).

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Voluntary constraints

• What other voluntary constraints can you think of?

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Voluntary constraints

• British Standards Institute
• BSI British Standards is the UK's national
  standards organization that produces standards
  and information products that promote and share
  best practice.  It serves the interests of a wide
  range of industry sectors as well as governments,
  consumers, employees and society overall, to make
  sure that British, European and international
  standards are useful, relevant and authoritative.

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Voluntary constraints

• The Kitemark can be used to indicate
  certification by BSI, but only where a Kitemark
  scheme has been set up around a particular
  standard. It is mainly applicable to safety and
  quality management standards.

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Voluntary constraints
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Voluntary constraints

• Businesses who make emissions to air, land and
  water are regulated by the Environment Agency
  under strict European and UK laws, to protect the
  environment and human health.

• If your company needs to comply with these laws
  you will need a permission from us to operate.
  This permission usually comes in the form of a
  permit, which usually requires you to monitor
  your emissions.

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Compliance

• How can organisations ensure that they comply?