This book is about a much neglected but essential element of the success of any business: company policy. This is a comprehensive guide to determining what policies your company needs, and how to draft and approve the relevant documents and implement them throughout the organization.
From anti-bribery laws to data privacy and health and safety, your business is faced with a range of legal and regulatory obligations that must be identified and documented properly. These obligations must be addressed for internal and external stakeholders. The task of identifying and documenting effective policies is an essential step in establishing good corporate governance and ultimately a culture of compliance. These policies in turn provide a solid foundation for the reputation and commercial success of the organization, and form an essential "bridge" between the company’s strategy and the various procedures needed to carry it out. With many useful templates and practical examples, this book will help you to ensure the accuracy and completeness of your policy documents. It covers all areas of your business, including financial reporting, anti-money laundering, anti-fraud, conflicts of interest, data privacy and security, remote working, social media, whistleblowing, and more.
This book will be useful to company directors, company secretaries and senior managers, and their advisers, including consultants, auditors, and solicitors. It will be particularly relevant to any business that needs to create or review their policies in light of current regulations and standards.
Part I: General 1. Company policies 2. Strategy and policies 3. Corporate governance 4. Policy formation and implementation Part II: Corporate conduct 5. Data protection and data security 6. Corporate social responsibility 7. Health and safety 8. Fair employment 9. Environment and sustainability Part III: Individual Conduct 10. Anti-bribery and corruption 11. Conduct and conflicts of interest 12. Social media 13. Remote working 14. Speak up / Whistleblowing Part IV: Finance 15. Fraud 16. Anti-money laundering 17. Insider trading 18. Accounting and audit
Biography
Ian Long is a company lawyer and policy expert with many years' experience in the international corporate sector, including Aon Centre for Innovation & Analytics, AIB Bank, Bank of Ireland Group, Pepper Asset Servicing, Groupon Inc., and Novartis International. He has written and lectured extensively on corporate policies and ESG/sustainability. He is currently in practice as Risk Management Lawyer at Beauchamps, one of Ireland's leading law firms.
“The Complete Company Policies adds to the compendium of corporate governance knowledge, and provides proven, practical samples and templates. It also provides sound guidance to the boards and senior executives of companies where environmental, social, governance and data stewardship are rightly seen as strategic imperatives.”
Deirdre Smith, CDir, M.Inst.D, BA BAI (Eng), Chartered Director of Green Point Consultancy, Dublin
“This is a welcome guide to the much-neglected subject of corporate policies. The book will be extremely useful in putting together a set of coherent policies for the business. I would recommend The Complete Company Policies to enable your business to show what it's trying to do and why.”
David W Duffy FCA, Co- Founder and CEO of The Corporate Governance Institute
