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HEALTH & SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY AUDITS
Health & Safety, Environment and Quality AuditsA risk-based approach
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By
Stephen Asbury, Managing Director, Corporate Risk Systems Limited, U.K.
Peter Ashwell, Managing Director, Kingdom Management Limited, U.K.

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.

Audience
Auditors in all industries, Health & Safety, Environment, Quality, Risk, Insurance managers and consultants. Students on auditing, health & safety, environmental safety, quality and risk management courses, including professional auditing qualifications awarded by IRCA, QSA, RAB and BSi.

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

Bibliographic & ordering Information
Paperback, 256 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8026-4
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8026-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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USD 51.95
GBP 29.99

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Last update: 26 Aug 2008
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