ISO 37301. Compliance management

Compliance is required everywhere. Every organization in the world has compliance obligations to meet. The regulatory landscape is in constant change and organizations need systems to make sure they keep up.

Since the consequences of noncompliance can be catastrophic to an organization, the need for a systematic approach to compliance management, to ensure that compliance obligations are identified and understood and that compliance risks are assessed and treated, becomes evident.

This online course discusses all the requirements of ISO 37301, the international standard for compliance management systems, to help you understand the approach to compliance management of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

We will see what is a compliance management system, what is the purpose of ISO 37301, what is the structure of the standard and who can use it.

The course follows the structure of the standard, so we will discuss about the context of the organization, about the identification of compliance obligations and the compliance risk assessment. We will talk about how critical it is for the compliance management system to be supported by the senior management. The requirements for the compliance policy specified in the standard, the responsibilities of the compliance function, the compliance objectives and the plans for their achievement or the risks and opportunities relevant for the compliance management system are detailed in the videos of the course. The controls in place to ensure that compliance requirements are met, the documentation that supports the compliance management system, the efforts of the company to ensure its people have the necessary competence and receive adequate awareness, the whistleblowing system and the way reports of concerns must be investigated, the internal audit of the management system, the management review or the way nonconformities should be managed by the organization, are other subjects that are discussed in detail during the course.

At the end you will find information about the certification to ISO 37301 as a company but also as a compliance management professional.

After going through all the videos in the course you gain a good understanding of what represents a compliance management system and how an organization can achieve compliance with the requirements of ISO 37301.

Advance your compliance management career and become aware of how compliance aspects should be addressed by an organization, according to internationally accepted know-how offered by standards.