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Hi Lucia and others I think Lucia has made a vital point here, compliance will only be an effective tool when there is a price to be paid for non-compliance. When FoI was first being introduced in the UK, many organisations took the position that to comply was more costly than paying a fine (assuming one would be issued). So it is not just the compliance requirements, but the cost-benefit analysis in non-compliance that will affect not only the effort put into the RM programme but the effectiveness of it. Great question Lawrence! Paula Paula J Smith, ARIM, MSc, BSc (Hons) | Team Leader, IM | Techtonics DDI +64 4 916 5209 | Mob +64 21 290 0830 | www.techtonics.co.nz Information powering productivity -----Original Message----- From: The Information and Records Management Society mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lucia Stefan Sent: Friday, 27 January 2012 8:31 a.m. To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Fw: Records management the true cost of FOI? (Hybrid question straddles both disciplines so cross posting) Hi Lawrence, From my empirical experience gained from working with British and international organisations, the main driver for records management is compliance. FOI is just one piece of legislation from a framework, there are many other regulations that mandate good records management. I have noticed that good records management is proportional with regulation: more the industry or public bodies are regulated, the better the recordkeeping. In that respect, the best records management practices are to be found in banking, insurance and pharmaceutical industry and the worst in international public organisations under extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). This can be explained in terms of risks of non-compliance. If this risk is low or inexistent (as for the ETJ bodies), the organisations won't spend resources for records management, and as a result their records will be poorly managed (I've seen a couple of such basket cases). If the risk is high and non-compliance comes with a price, the organisation (company) will put all resources in place for good RM, to minimize the risks of non-compliance. The cost of FOI for public bodies is actually the risk and associated costs of non-compliance. I hope that my response helps. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]