Enterprise Compliance Management (ECM) is an integrated and robust compliance management
perspective for an organization to effectively identify and subsequently implement regulatory
environmental management policies and requirements. This perspective is aligned with the
emerging Environmental Management System (EMS) approach fostered by the US Environmental Protection Agency for
governmental entities through the improvement of internal and communications and process
streamlining (Herron, 2002). Multiple benefits are derived from government entities adopting an
EMS approach to their regulatory permitting. When EMS is coupled with ECM, the
organizations can significantly improve environmental and compliance management
performance levels to deal with increasing requirements demands. Without ECM, an EMS
adoption could be thwarted by ineffectual compliance management of its requirements
conditions and actions.
ECM is first presented in conceptual terms, focusing on seven critical best-of-breed compliance
management program elements. The co-authors explain how these ECM elements fit into the
formula for adept systematic compliance management of both internal enterprise organization
and external environmental management regulatory forces.
Discussed compliance concepts are then grounded in practice by describing how a governmental
entity is adopting compliance best practices in reengineering its regulatory permitting processes.
Pressed with numerous environmental permitting needs and issues, this Southwest Florida
County decided to take, not a conservative small step to purchase compliance transactional
software, but, an innovative action to develop a county-wide enterprise permit workflow
management system that embodies and models the ECM elements. A goal of this effort is to
provide a best of breed, fully integrated solution supporting ECM best practices. Includes 21 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
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| Number of Pages : | 20 |
| Published : | 03/01/2006 |
