1.4 Legislation, Ethics and CSR

To provide beneficiaries with a strategy and plan to protect their own, their employeesﾒ and their customersﾒ data and information from loss and cyber-attack.

To provide the beneficiary with a good understanding of robust and sustainable Health & Safety and supporting processes

To provide an overview and process for beneficiaries to ensure they are compliant with applicable legislation, including strict and personal liability. Understand the impact the business has on the environment and minimising that impact.

This specialist module will typically be delivered where the assessment has identified that a business with high energy costs has not previously undertaken significant energy survey / improvement activity and where it would be appropriate. Activity is likely to be in the form of a specialist survey and cost saving recommendation programme

To provide support in designing, delivering, monitoring and measuring the effectiveness of Ethics awareness programmes

To introduce a process to manage obsolescence within the business.

The module is designed to be an introduction to the risk of counterfeit parts entering the supply chain and what standards are availableﾠto help minimise the risk.

To help beneficiaries understand why Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is important and enables them to examine how business behaviour is impacted by CSR. To identify good and bad business behaviour across different industrial sectors, and to develop the components of a CSR action plan for their own organisations.