Internal Policy Communication :: Policy Communication Tools. Tips for Communicating Internal Policy: All organizations have guidelines and internal policies to protect them. However, your staff are often less familiar with these policies than they should be. They don’t usually break rules on purpose; they’re just not fully aware of some policies and how some of the things they do can affect your organization. What Internal Policies do Staff Need to be Aware of? Legislation such as the US’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the EU’s Privacy Directive require organizations to put safeguards in place to keep information confidential and secure. Policies may also cover receiving gifts, dress code, appropriate behavior, and using your organization’s resources like the internet.
What is the Risk if Staff do not Comply? In less overt cases, failing to follow policies and guidelines can result in sexual harassment, bullying and subtle exclusion. So Why aren’t Staff Aware of Internal Policy? Whistle blowing. Throwing Out The Employee Handbook. Flip through any organization’s policy manual and my guess is you’ll find no less than twenty.
After all, some poor “Personnel” department thirty or forty years ago toiled over creating all the boundaries and lines that should not be crossed. Policies, like many other things, grow and multiply over the years. All the companies I’ve worked at have had more policies than one HR pro can possibly remember and if it’s hard for HR to remember them all and we use them daily, just imagine how employees feel. They usually have no idea what is really written in there unless they look it up. I admire companies like Nordstrom for cutting down on all the distraction of over-orchestrating an employees every move. Nordstrom Employee Manual We’re glad to have you with our Company. Nordstrom Rules: Rule #1: Use best judgment in all situations. Please feel free to ask your department manager, store manager, or division general manager any question at any time.
What a Code of Conduct ‘Says’ About a Company. [Editor's Note: This is the eighth post in an ongoing series on Codes of Conduct by Jason Lunday. Follow this link to view all of Mr. Lunday's articles in his Codes of Conduct featured column series.] A code of conduct tells a story about the company’s level of commitment to ethical business practices and ability and willingness to be held accountable – or it does not. Like it or not, your company’s code of conduct ‘talks’ about your company — it tells a story about what the company believes it and cares about, what it is truly committed to and the way it can be expected to act. For this reason, a company should pay close attention to the story it is telling through its code.
For years, companies have been using public relations and other marketing communications to put a good face on how others view them. Today, most corporate codes of conduct are posted online; people know it, and so they specifically look for these publications. What stories are these codes telling? Web Presence.
What a Code of Conduct ‘Says’ About a Company. What a Code of Conduct ‘Says’ About a Company. Valve.