9.4.3 Communications Section 4.4.3—Communications of ISO 14001 requires companies to establish and maintain procedures for internal and external communication. No equiv- alent requirement exists within the quality system standard. Element 6 of the BIS Export Management System requires companies to: • Contact BIS office if assistance is required in determining the appropri- ateness of specific end-users or end-uses for the export of their goods, services, or technology. • Contact BIS local Export Enforcement field offices if company person- nel suspect that questionable, unauthorized, or illegal activity may have taken place, or that the customer is asking them to participate in such activities. The following are examples of areas to be communicated. Internal com- munications should include all levels and functions within the organization (Lane and Phyper, 1998). Internal Communications • Policy—Organizations should ensure that staff, at all levels, understands the MCS policy and their role in helping to achieve it. • Procedures—All personnel should be made aware of the requirements of any procedures related to the MCS that affect their work. • Responsibility and authority—All personnel should be made aware of responsibilities within the MCS, particularly important for personnel involved with significant aspects. • Significant risks—All staff should be as a minimum made aware of responsibility for significant risks that may affect their job. • Emergency response plans—All personnel should be made aware of the existence of emergency response plans and their role in an emergency situation. • Performance of system—Management will decide how much information is fed back to staff related to the performance of the MCS. • Achievement of objectives and targets—It is good practice to feed back to all personnel the status of progress towards the organizations objec- tives and targets. External Communication • Policy—to key stakeholders • Significant risks—to stakeholders who may play a role in managing these risks successfully • Emergency preparedness and spills—this is important if significant risks can have an impact outside of the organization itself (need for evacua-
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