UNIT: 4222-209 OUTCOME: 1.1 – 2.2 1.1 There are several legislations and codes of practice that relates to handling information. The Data protection Act 2008 is a law that protects personal privacy and upholds individuals rights. This Act gives rights to the people the information is about and puts requirements and limitations on the people holding the information. Non-compliance to this Act is a criminal offence. The freedom of information Act 2000 is the Act that gives you the right to ask any public body for all information they have on the chosen subject.
Compliance Law | Description of Compliance Law | Rationale for Using this Law | FISMA | The act requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. | FISMA was a way of protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction within federal agencies and their contractors. | SOX | SOX not only affects the financial side of corporations, it also affects the IT departments whose job it is to store a corporation's electronic records. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act states that all business records, including electronic records and electronic messages, must be saved for "not less than five years." | SOX was enacted in response to the high-profile Enron and WorldCom financial scandals to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise.
Food cost managers will generate sales forecasts to reduce the carrying costs of inventory. Perpetual inventory management will track all in store inventory transactions. This includes ordering, receiving, selling, cycle counts, and inventory adjustments. An automated inventory system would allow Kudler fine foods to meet current and future customer demands. This would also save money on hiring and training employees to order products for the stores.
(b) What are the ethical issues involved in this situation? The ethical issues involved in this situation pertain to following accepted accounting principles. Violating the generally accepted accounting principles to satisfy a short-term personal or company would create misleading financial statements. This situation would therefore be unethical. Robbin Industries is jeopardizing itself by not properly reporting the advertising costs.
Unit 232 Outcome 1) 1) The key legislations are as follows: Human Rights Act 1998 The Human Rights Act means that residents of the United Kingdom will now be able to seek help from the courts if they believe that their human rights have been infringed. . Mental Capacity Act 2005 The MCA has been in force since 2007 and applies to England and Wales. The primary purpose of the MCA is to promote and safeguard decision-making within a legal framework. .
1. Why do those who manage business document design and development need to understand relevant legislative and regulatory provisions including those relating to anti-discrimination and privacy laws? Those who manage business document design and development ned to understand the relevant legislative and regulatory provisions including those relating to anti-discrimination and privacy laws as there are numerous legislative provisions which require specified text to be inserted into standard documents and they need to ensure requirements such as these are taken into account with the design and development of documents. Anti-discrimination and privacy laws are important to take into account when designing and developing business documents as Australian laws states everyone has the right to be treated equally irrespective of age, race, sex, pregnancy, marital status and disability. There are also laws protecting the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information so all staffs personal and private information needs to be stored securely where only authorized personnel can access and view this information.
Due Process Due process refers to the rights that the federal government must respect in terms of individual citizens according to the law. Due process goes further to provide some level of protection from the state (Roach, 1999). Judges must uphold due process by accurately interpreting the laws so that the rights of individual citizens are protected. Procedural due process falls under the rights afforded to American citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment. This ensures that those standing trial receive a fair trial which includes the ability to appear before a judge (Roach, 1999).
1. Explain, in the context of meeting organisational needs, the difference between managers and leaders. Submit your answer for assessment. 2. How do you perceive the role of a business/ organisational manager, ie what things does a manager need to do and what resources do they draw upon?
Does it make sense given their business strategy? What are the long-term consequences of the recent quality and lead-time problems? Productivity Quality Delivery problems 2. Flowchart the physical process flow for a typical order. Discuss also the information flows required to operate such a process.
"What kind of company do we want to become / what kind of company must we become?" • Strategy A strategy is concerned with the actions and resources needed to achieve specific long-term objectives. Some typical questions one might ask at this level are: "What conditions need to hold for our business to be viable?" "What products and services will we offer and to what customers?" "What capabilities and capacities will we require?"