This paper examines performance versus process standards modeling the variability of industry-level compliance and therefore food safety. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted manipulating four factors: the variances of input use of efficient and inefficient firms, the proportion of inefficient firms in the industry and the policymakers' level of risk aversion. Results suggest that process stan...

While fortification of staple foods and condiments has gained enormous global traction, poor performance persists throughout many aspects of implementation, most notably around the critical element of regulatory monitoring, which is essential for ensuring foods meet national fortification standards. Where coverage of fortified foods is high, limited nutritional impact of fortification programs ...

in 2001, following the development of international standards in basic medical education, wfme appointed an international task force for development of international guidelines for postgraduate specialist training. reports of this task force were published in september 2001. these guidelines has been structured in 9 areas and 37 sub-areas. the areas of these guidelines are mission & outcomes, t...

This paper introduces a new type of intranet – the compliance intranet – and describes its socio-technical shaping. Compliance intranets serve to enforce industry standards, to measure the performance of a company against industry or governmentally established standards, or to establish standards within the organization or within a larger domain. These intranets may be quality management system...

GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) is an umbrella acronym covering the three disciplines of governance, risk management and compliance. The main challenge behind this concept is the integration of these three areas, generally dealt with in silos. At the IT level (IT GRC), some research works have been proposed towards integration. However, the sources used for the construction of the resulti...