Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming integral to many industries in Aotearoa, including social and health services. While AI offers benefits, it also poses significant risks that need to be addressed through comprehensive AI policies. That’s why we at the Policy Place have recently released our new AI policy for our online policy clients. In this…
The Waitangi Tribunal has just released its Interim Report on the Minister for Children’s proposal to introduce a Bill to Parliament to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. The Minister’s proposal was outlined in a Cabinet paper lodged with the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee on 27 March. Reading the Tribunal report, it’s…
In today’s workplace, you can’t just focus on physical hazards. Psychosocial hazards like work stress, conflicts, harassment and traumatic incidents must also be considered. Mental wellbeing not just physical wellbeing of staff has to be the goal of a supportive workplace. At the Policy Place, we reflect this focus for members of our online policy…
In organisations of many types, compliance reporting and tracking have led to a compliance-driven approach to operations. However, a paradigm shift is now underway in the not-for-profit sector. Having long struggled to get staff on board with compliance and policy implementation, many nonprofit agencies are shifting from a compliance-driven approach to a learning-focused one. In…
When onboarding staff you need introduce them to some key policies. But can you do that without boring them to death? And can you do it in a meaningful way? Including policies in your onboarding process is important for many reasons. One, because policies and procedures help you manage risks and guide best practices in…
It can be easier said than done regarding the right to give informed consent. This right is particularly prominent in members’ policies covering Privacy, Child Protection and access to health treatment. It is supported by the policy requirement for people to be given information in understandable ways. But how do we ensure that people understand…
Co-governance is a misunderstood and much-maligned concept in Aotearoa/NZ. Although the current government does not support it as the basis for our health system, co-governance will continue to be of interest to organisations committed to bicultural and Treaty-based practice. At the Policy Place, many of our clients and online members are deeply committed to Te…
Risk management is a key reason for policies and procedures – risks like financial mismanagement, accidents, cyberthreats, privacy. Take a broad view. No need to be afraid of risk. The wider your view of risk the better prepared you can be and the more able and confident you can feel in your business/organisation. While risks…
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In this post, we’ll look at why policies and procedures are important for businesses and organisations in 2024. If you don’t want to end up at 2+2=5 then you definitely need your own policies! Policies and procedures are our business at the Policy Place. We develop them and through our online system, keep them reviewed…