a key difference between policy and law is that ignorance of

a key difference between policy and law is that ignorance of policy is a viable defense. What steps must be taken to assure that an organization has a reasonable expectation that policy violations can be appropriately penalized without fear of legal retribution?

Solution

We have to assure that policies must be

-----> Distributed to all individuals who are expected to comply with them.

-----> Read by all employees.

-----> Understood by all employees, with multilingual translations and translations for visually impaired or low- literacy employees.

-----> Acknowledged by the employee, usually by means of a signed consent form.

-----> Uniformly enforced, with no special treatment for any group for example., executives.