Quite agree Andy, so what if the local procedures are not being followed. Are the procedures a "rose coloured glasses" world or are the required for any legal or other purpose. If it is not practical or necesary to follow the local procedure, why have it?
I would look at the whole process and see if maybe its the written procedure that is wrong not the process.
Your procedures should say what you do, not you do what your procedures say.
If however if it is important that these procedures are followed for legal/SOX/financial auditing purposes then they should be followed and management are at fault for not insisting that they are. If management make it acceptable for people to cut corners, trust me they will.
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