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