So, the question is how many sentences does it take to explicitly cover the compliancy requirements?
In my view a one line policy statement is far more likely to be something staff can understand and relate to and
moreover, remember.
While I no longer work in the role, I always wanted to have this as a safety policy;
" All work must be done safely"
why, its short, easy to remember, easy to use as direction about what management intends. I would also like to have used this because it begs the question:
"what has to be in place to enable all work to be done safely?"
the committment to using xyz standard and continuous improvement can be the next sentence as Jane B suggested earlier.
A series of other questions rolls down from this simple statment.
In all my 30+ years in the work place I have never heard any management person make any reference to a company policy when problem solving or resolving conflict, and this includes senior managers to by the way.
A reason for this is found in long winded statements that say a lot but say and commit to little or nothing.
Problem: what is the quality equivilent of this statement???? beleive it or not I have not been able to come up with it.
Embarrassing, yes, but too bad, someone out there must have the answer.
