Awareness Article Series on Risk Management

Awareness Article Series on Risk Management

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I have started writing a series of awareness articles on risk management in Hindi, which can be read on my blog. These articles are written in Hindi, but the blog has Google Translate system, so you can read the translation of my articles in the desired language.

The link to my Risk Management Awareness Blog is given below.

How do you like the awareness article, please comment. Your suggestions are invited.

Regards,
Keshav Ram Singhal

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World Quality Day

World Quality Day

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World Quality Day is observed every year on the second Thursday in November. This year, it is on today 10 November 2022.

 

World Quality Day was introduced with the aim to raise awareness and the importance of quality performance of professional responsibilities and tasks across nations and in organisations to strengthen the improvement of innovation, growth and sustainability. The purpose of this day is to raise quality awareness and provide support to individuals and organizations for the achievement of economic prosperity and the adoption of high-quality standards.

 

Every year, the theme of World Quality Day is decided by the Chartered Quality Institute (C.Q.I.). This year's theme is “Quality conscience: Doing the right thing.”

 

Best wishes,

Keshav Ram Singhal

Theme of the Quality Month 2022 - Quality conscience: Doing the right thing

Theme of the Quality Month 2022 - Quality conscience: Doing the right thing

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World Quality Day - 10 November 2022

World Quality Week - 7 to 11 November 2022

World Quality Month - November 2022

 

Theme of the Quality Month 2022 is “Quality conscience: Doing the right thing.”

(1) "Quality Conscience" is a state of having an awareness of right and wrong, good and evil.

 

(2) Another way to look at quality conscience is 'Quality Consciousness', which is when people are aware of standards and what they are trying to achieve.

 

(3) A culture of quality consciousness is one in which employees are aware of the importance of quality in their day-to-day work.

 

(4) A culture of quality consciousness is the desire to provide the best possible service or product.

 

(5) Awareness towards the culture of quality consciousness may be achieved through constant training and development, as well as a supportive work environment.

 

Let us promote "Quality conscience: Doing the right thing" at every stage of our life. It will certainly improve the quality of our life.

 

Best wishes,

Keshav Ram Singhal

Quality Month

Quality Month

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World Quality Day - 10 November 2022

World Quality Week - 7 to 11 November 2022

World Quality Month - November 2022

Organizations, all over the world, celebrate the month of November as Quality Month. The purpose behind celebrating Quality Month is to raise the level of quality awareness in the organization and to recognize the efforts and contributions of quality professionals.

This celebration is also an opportunity to celebrate the success organization and its people have achieved in the recent past. This celebration brings together the people, ideas and tools that make our world better.

The theme of 2022 World Quality Week (#WQW22) is "Quality conscience: Doing the right thing". We request members of the group to post banner, poster, slogan, poem on this theme.

Best wishes,

Keshav Ram Singhal

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World Standards Cooperation (WSC) and G20 INDONESIA 2022 International Standards Summit

World Standards Cooperation (WSC) and G20 INDONESIA 2022 International Standards Summit

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World Standards Cooperation (WSC)

The World Standards Cooperation is a high-level collaboration between the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and ITU (International Telecommunication Union). Under this banner, the three organizations preserve their common interests in strengthening and advancing the voluntary consensus-based International Standards system.

These three organizations believe that international standards are an important instrument for global trade and economic development. They provide a harmonized, stable, and globally recognized framework for the dissemination and use of new technologies.

International standards are consensus based and transparent. They invite contributions through an extensive network of national members. International standards increase market relevance and acceptance and are the cornerstone of global trade and development.

The world is getting more complex and increasingly digital. International standards can help simplify things, but only if they are consistent and coherent. Through the WSC these organizations can avoid contradictory content and unnecessary costs and make life simpler for standards makers, users, and end-consumers.

G20 INDONESIA 2022 International Standards Summit

This year’s summit is organized under the auspices of the Indonesian G20 Presidency alongside the G20 strategic multilateral platform that brings together the world’s major developed and emerging economies on 20 October 2022.

The event is organized by the Indonesian Standardisation Agency BSN, together with the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and ITU (International Telecommunication Union), with the participation of the WTO (World Trade Organization).

This international summit will establish ways in which the institutional framework of the international standards bodies can help governments and regulators around the world. It will examine the role of standards in turning policies into concrete actions to implement objectives related to health, digital transformation, sustainable energy transition and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Together with representatives of governments, industry, academia, think tanks and civil society, WSC will explore how the solutions to these issues can be built on the foundation provided by international standards.

Best wishes,

KRS

Courtsey Source - World Standards Cooperation Website

Why Organizations Go For Certification

Certification is not a requirement of management systems’ standards, then why organizations go for certification of their management system?

 

Yes, this a fact that certification is not a requirement of management systems’ standards and yet most organizations go for certification of their management system. 

Many organizations decide to implement management systems standards (such as, ISO 9001 QMS, ISO 14001 EMS etc.) and thereafter obtain certification of compliance because the certification assures organization’s customers that the organization has a good management system in place. Many users of organization’s products and services too require their supplier to have certified management system (such as, ISO 9001 QMS, ISO 14001 EMS, or any other). 

Certification is the process of providing assurance that the organization complies with the requirements of the stated management system standard.

Thanks,

KRS

Selecting An Appropriate Management Systems’ Certification Body

 Selecting An Appropriate Management Systems’ Certification Body

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An organization may implement one or more management system standards, such as ISO 9001:2015 QMS, ISO 14001:2015 EMS, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 ISMS, etc. Certification is the process of providing assurance that an organization complies with a set of requirements of the management system standard (such as ISO 9001 QMS). The certification document is provided by a certification body. A certification body is an independent third party responsible for the process of certification.

 

Organizations should consider following points while selecting a certification body:

-          Accreditation of the certification body

-          Industry experience, background, and expertise of the certification body

-          For management system standards, the certification body should have its scope and approval to work for the management systems standard and your area of business

-          Recommendations from your clients / customers

-          Other issues like cost of the certification, time frame etc

 

While looking to the accreditation of the certification body, ensure that the accreditation body, which has granted accreditation to the certification body, is a member of International Accreditation Forum (IAF).

Best wishes,

KRS

Circular Economy Standardization

Circular Economy Standardization

 

The circular economy is now a generic concept and also a global need. Some countries are amending their rules and regulations to switch from waste management practices to circular economy practices. However, the circular economy practices need operational tools to be implemented. People and organizations need knowledge and information about the circular economy, hence the need for standardization is felt in this field. The international organization ‘International Organization for Standardization’ (ISO) also paid attention to this aspect and formed a technical committee ISO TC 323 in September 2018. The aim of ISO/TC 323 on circular economy is to develop frameworks, guidance-documents, supporting tools and requirements for the implementation of activities of all involved organizations to maximize the contribution to sustainable developments. The standards developed by ISO will contribute to the UN SDGs. Many aspects of the circular economy are covered by existing ISO committees, as such it has been clarified that aspects of the circular economy already covered by existing committees are excluded. It should be noted that ISO/TC 324 has also been formed on sharing economy. The sharing economy is a concept that supports the circular economy. Already several technical committees also cover aspects of the circular economy.

 

The technical committee ISO/TC 323 has following objectives:

 

-          To develop standards that support and encourage organizations to adopt the circular economy through a time-efficiency process

 

-          To promote an alternative and collaborative economic model that is more sustainable and facilitate the transition from the linear economy to the circular economy

 

-          To promote a broad and effective participation from countries all around the world

 

-          To maximize the contribution to sustainable development

 

-          To develop high quality standards for all types of stakeholders

 

The technical committee ISO/TC 323 carries out following activities:

 

-          Promote improved and shared understanding on the circular economy

 

-          Provide a framework to support organizations integrate the circular economy principles and strategies in their activities

 

-          Develop tools to access circularity performance

 

-          Facilitate dialogue, communication and collaboration amongst different actors at different levels (international / regional / national)

 

-          Show concrete benefits and actions that interest potential stakeholders and contributors

 

-          Provide guidelines for the creation of an enabling environment for collaboration within and among sectors and value chains

 

-          Making products accessible to more consumers through circular-based business models

 

-          Facilitates exchanges and feedback on experiences

 

-          Provide easy to use documents to implement the circular economy and avoid proliferation of standards

 

The ISO technical committee’s standardization deliverables target all types of organizations in private sector and public sector that implement the circular economy principles and strategies in their management, operations and business models. Presently following standards related to the circular economy are under development stage:

 

-          ISO/AWI 59040, Circular economy – Product Circularity Data Sheet

 

-          ISO/WD 59004, Circular economy – Framework and principles for implementation

 

-          ISO/WD 59010.2, Circular economy – Guidelines on business models and value chains

 

-          ISO/DTR 59032.2, Circular economy – Review of business model implementation

 

-          ISO/WD 59020.2, Circular economy – Measuring circularity framework

 

-          ISO/CD TR 59031, Circular economy – Performance-based approach – Analysis of case studies

 

As on the date of writing this note, all the above-mentioned standard documents are under development stage, so we have to wait for some time for the published standards. Hoping for the best to come.

 

- Keshav Ram Singhal

 

References:

-          ISO/TC 323 Strategic Business Plan

-          ISO Website

ISO Standard on Sharing Economy

 ISO Standard on Sharing Economy

 

The sharing economy creates a more sustainable world. In November 2021, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published ISO 42500:2021, an international standard on Sharing economy – General principles. This standard is intended to be used by all types and size of the organizations including commercial enterprises, government agencies, not-for-profit organizations.

 

ISO Technical committee ISO/TC 324 on sharing economy developed the international standard ISO 42500:2021, Sharing economy – General principles and same has been published in November 2021. As the name suggests, the standard provides general principles of sharing economy.

 

Clare Naden states in her article published in the ISO website (iso.org) on 13 December 2021, “Today, people are increasingly turning to their peers to access goods and services, making better use of their skills and assets. The sharing economy is one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors with the potential to be a key contributor to economic growth. A new standard has just been published to support the momentum. ISO 42500, Sharing economy – General principles, provides guidance intended to ensure safe and trustworthy transactions by encouraging optimal resources use. When undertaken in accordance with laws and the sorts of principles set out in standards, this optimization can also help support environmental objectives.” Dr. Kernaghan Webb is the convenor of the group of experts that developed the standard. He opines, “Issues such as products and services not meeting environmental, social and other expectations are all barriers to the growth of the sharing economy. Other obstacles include the lack of user privacy safeguards, data protection breaches and the absence of clear procedures for filing complaints.” He further states, “The sharing economy has the potential to truly transform our world, reducing overconsumption and even creating communities. Its growth depends on there being a solid base of trust built through transparency and accountability. ISO 42500 was developed with this in mind.”

 

The contents of ISO 42500:2021 are as under:

 

Foreword

Introduction

 

1.       Scope

 

2.       Normative references

 

3.       Terms and definitions

 

4.       Guiding principles

4.1   General

4.2   Integrity

4.3   Transparency

4.4   Accountability and authorization

4.5   Accessibility and inclusion

4.6   Respect for other affected interests

4.7   Competence

 

Annexure A Figure representing the sharing economy

Bibliography

 

ISO 42500:2021 is the first standard in the sharing economy standards family that provides a robust foundation upon which other more detailed standards will be based. Together, these will form a suite of standards offering operational guidance for the safety and trustworthiness of the sharing economy. This standard was developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 324, Sharing economy.

ISO/TC 324, Sharing economy is responsible for development of standards on sharing economy. Presently one standard ISO 42500:2021 has been published and other standards will be published in future. ISO/TC 324, Sharing economy, was created in 2019 and Dr Masaaki Mochimaru is its Chairman. Presently following standards are under development:

 

-          ISO/CD TS 42501 - General trustworthiness and safety requirements for digital platform

 

-          ISO/CD TS 42502 – Guidelines for provider verification on digital platform

 

As on 04 February 2022 position, committee draft (CD) of both the above standards is registered. It is expected, in future the technical committee will take the work of development of other standards on Sharing economy.

(Courtesy Source: ISO Website)

Hope for the best,

Keshav Ram Singhal

 

04 - ISO 37001 Standard Development Timeline, Related ISO Committees-Standards, And SDGs Contribution

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ISO 37001 Standard Development Timeline, Related ISO Committees-Standards, And SDGs Contribution

ISO 37001 Standard timeline has been as under:

November 2015 – Draft International Standard ISO/DIS 37001 issued for consideration of participating ISO members

April 2016 – Resolution of comments received on ISO/DIS 37001 by the Project Committee ISO/PC 278, Anti-bribery management systems

October 2016 – Publication of ISO 37001:2016 Standard

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Related ISO Project Committee – ISO/PC 278, Anti-bribery management systems

Project Leader for the development of ISO 37001 Standard – Neill Stansbury

Secretary, ISO/PC 278 – Mike Henigan (BSI)

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ISO 37001:2016, Anti-bribery management system standard, was developed by ISO Project Committee ISO/PC 278. However, in 2016 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has created a new technical committee ISO/TC 309 on governance of organizations. Future development of ISO 37001 Standard will be undertaken by ISO/TC 309.

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ISO/TC 309, Governance of organizations, has published a new standard ISO 37301:2021, Compliance management systems – Requirements with guidance for use.

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ISO 37001:2016 standard as well as ISO 37301:2021 standard contribute to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

-          SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth

-          SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities

-          SDG 16 – Sustainable Cities and Communities

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ISO/TC 309 – Chairperson – Howard Shaw

ISO/TC 309 – Vice Chairperson – Dr Axel Kravatzky

ISO/TC 309 – Committee Manager – Mike Henigan

ISO/TC 309 – Technical Programme Manager – Nathan Taylor

ISO/TC 309 – Editorial Programme Manager – Ms Nicola Perou

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Following standards are under development stage (Information as on 7 July 2021):

-          ISO/FDIS 37000, Governance of organizations – Guidance, is issued and expected to be published in September 2021

-          ISO 37002, Whistleblowing management systems – Guidelines, is under development stage and expected to be published in July 2021

-          ISO/WD 37007, Corporate Governance – Guidelines for efficiency measurement, is under development stage

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India is participating member to ISO/TC 309, Governance of organizations.

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Let us hope for the best and make our efforts to establish and implement an Anti-bribery Management System (ABMS) in organizations as per ISO 37001:2016 standard.

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Do you have any relevant questions to implement ABMS? Please let me know.

 

Best wishes,

KRS

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