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Health & Safety, Environment and Quality Audits

By Stephen Asbury

Published December 18th 2006 by Routledge – 256 pages

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Description

Internal Auditing is an essential tool for managing compliance with health and safety, environmental safety and quality standards. Increasingly these three areas are audited by the same professionals to proliferating standards (e.g. OHSAS 18001 for health and safety, ISO 9001 for quality, ISO 14001 for environment). This book delivers a powerful and proven approach to auditing business-critical risk areas. It covers each of the aspects that need to be taken into account for a successful audit to recognised standards and is an important resource for auditors, managers, health and safety professionals, and anyone with a critical interest in governance and organizational improvement.

Stephen Asbury is Managing Director of Corporate Risk Systems Limited, providing risk management consultancy, training and software. He is a Member of the Council of IOSH and Chair of the IOSH Professional Committee. Stephen has over 20 years' experience as a health, safety and environment practitioner, and a regular contributor to conferences, journals and other publications.

Peter Ashwell is Managing Director of Kingdom Management Limited,an Internal Audit training consultancy which has been servicing multinational clients worldwide for the last 16 years. He is a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management with over 30 years experience in business.

Reviews

"an excellent read, brilliantly written by two authors who clearly know their subject … the best book on the subject currently available … it deserves to become the standard work in this area." Dr Andrew Rankine, Safety and Health Practitioner, July 2007

"All in all this is an excellent book by two authors who are among the best in the world at both auditing and training auditors. It is highly recommended." Tom Gillanders, Health and Safety at Work, August 2007

"an interesting book for intending auditors who are seeking an introduction to auditing." Health and Safety Review, July/August 2007

Contents

1. Business Environment
2. Business Control
3. Planning for Audit and Assurance
4. The Audit Process Roller Coaster(c)
5. Set-up
6. Review and Verify
7. Concluding the Audit
8. Personal Relationships
9. The Written Report
10. Teamworking
Appendix 1 - Preparation, Preparation, Preparation
Appendix 2 - A-Factors
Appendix 3 - Suggested List of Pre-audit Documents
Glossary
References
Bibliography
Index

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Description: By Stephen Asbury. Internal Auditing is an essential tool for managing compliance with health and safety, environmental safety and quality standards. Increasingly these three areas are audited by the same professionals to proliferating standards (e.g. OHSAS 18001 for...
Categories: Environmental Health & Safety, Risk Assessment, Health & Safety at Work, Human Resource Management