Good Cop, Bad Cop Roles in Sustainability Programs

We are all familiar with the phrase, “Good Cop, Bad Cop!” In the world of business, this is often the relationship between the compliance folks and the conformance folks. Compliance professionals are fixated on “doing less of a bad thing.” All of the sustainability indicators in the Global Reporting Initiative reflect the bad cop theme. The conformance professionals try to establish “systems” that seek compliance in a more proactive fashion. Conformance is at the heart of all of the management systems standards (e.g., ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 26000, SA 8000, etc.). Read more

Source: Grenn Biz

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