"Environmental and Safety Auditing: Program Strategies for Legal, International, and Financial Issues (November 1996)" is not the typical introductory manual on "how-to" audit which typically contains all the procedures and checklists. This book is rather the next level up and addresses the strategic issues in managing an auditing program. The major highlights of the book are as follows.
- Scoring system for facilities and the risk ranking controversies.
- Globalization issues with corporate auditing programs of multinational operations
- Possible issues in the near future driven by the Securities Exchange Commission on disclosure of environmental liability information in the corporate annual financial report (10K Report).
- ISO 14000 EMS standards and guidelines on audit program, auditors, and training.
- Legal avenues to protect from unnecessary enforcement and third party action and examples of case histories for strategic risk management.
- Opportunities to take advantage of the options provided by the new EPA policy on self-disclosure.
- How to efficiently utilize the audit program and results as a tool to top-level management business decisions.
- Plus other suggestions at the audit program level that may improve the acceptance of the audits and the audit program by the facilities and promote a team spirit between the audited facilities and the audit team.
Ms. Kim, the author, has proven experience in assisting major companies in the US and Overseas with developing and implementing audit programs. For any inquiries on auditing service or comments on the book, please contact her at 301-230- 1722 or email at ukim@eeicorp.com. For a copy of the book, please contact CRC Press/Lewis Publishers.
