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It would be better to say that practice generally leads the production of a standard. Others have explained the system of technical committees that compose and sign off the standards.It should be noted that BSI technical committees generally work to a consensus so some standards lack practical guidance expressing instead anodyne expressions of virtuous principles.However there is a policy to adopt ISO and EN standards as BS ISO or BS EN to supersede British Standards. Whether this will survive the strains of Brexit or BSI will revert to issues of the British Standards remains to be seen.

If you ask me, anybody who votes away the common man's right to ask & assumes the role of the employer to the one that investigates has their hand in the cookie jar & doesn't want anyone counting the cookies.Every year, nearly six million applications are filed by citizens across the country, making the Indian RTI law the most extensively used transparency legislation in the world. People have successfully used the law to access information about their basic rights and to expose corruption and abuse of power. With no evidence to suggest that the law in its original form hindered its implementation in any way, the amendments are inexplicable.The rationale proffered by the government is that treating information commissioners on par with election commissioners is incorrect, as the latter is a constitutional body while information commissions are statutory bodies. However, there is no provision in the Constitution, or any law, prohibiting this practice. In fact, the principle of statutorily securing tenure and protecting the terms of service, by equating them with the tenure and terms applicable to functionaries of constitutional bodies, is routine. It is done to ensure independent functioning of statutory oversight institutions such as the Central Vigilance Commission and the Lokpal. The Parliamentary Standing Committee, which examined the RTI Bill, 2004, before it was passed, also recommended the elevation of the status of information commissioners to match election commissioners in order to ensure that they function with utmost independence and autonomy.It is clear that the government has weakened the sunshine law without providing any credible rationale for doing so. This has led to widespread speculation about the real motives. One widely held view is that some recent ordersprominent among them being directions to disclose information related to the educational qualifications of the prime minister and his foreign travels; records related to demonetisation; details of high-profile fraud cases in relation to the insupportable NPAs of public sector bankshave irked the government.The manner in which the amendment bill was passed has also raised serious concerns. In the Lok Sabha, the NDA simply used its brute majority to ride roughshod over objections raised by opposition benches. But in the Rajya Sabha, even though 15 political parties reportedly signed a motion to have the bill referred to a select committee, many backtracked on their demand during the voting, fuelling apprehensions about the pressure that was exerted by the ruling dispensation.[1]If you ask me, anyone who can make state governments collapse at will by 'influencing' just the right number of legislators time & again is privy to a lot of handshakes under the table, let me go so far as saying that the said party's hand didn't wince while shaking. Of course, there is no proof - one can only insinuate as the said party has done in the past of several other known corrupt parties.The inducements would certainly be in cash & kind of a certain color that's definitely not white.Of course, the ruling BJP acts all innocently blue-eyed. Kar-nataka.A week has passed since BS Yediyurappa took oath as the chief minister of Karnataka after wresting power from the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in a numbers test. However, the new Cabinet is yet to be formed as the government is in the throes of a dilemma. Many aspirants are demanding ministerial berths, while the party is also uneasily aware that the 'rebels' must be accommodated in the new Cabinet.[2]BJP's welcoming arms have embraced many a rebel from another party completely tainted and considered absolutely corrupt when they were on the other side. Unless the Tide (also name of a detergent) turns and cleanses them all, the stains remain.Across the country, ‘prominent’ political leaders allegedly facing corruption charges or undergoing investigations against them, are currently crossing over to the BJP according to media reports. In some cases, these are leaders that the BJP had earlier accused for involvement in scams. There is media speculation about other similar leaders moving to join BJP. All this suggests that the “zero tolerance to corruption” rhetoric during and after the 2014 General Election campaign which grabbed the attention of millions of people propelling it to power, seems not to be taken seriously by this government.[3]The drastic demonetization which was to ostensibly take India closer towards digitization, which was to teach us all to not use cash appears to not have taught the BJP anything. Their campaign expenses (rallies etc) were all paid for in cash with the party demanding it be allowed to withdraw huge sums of cash for expenses. Walking the talk seems to be something that's anathema to the party in power or should I say, the all-powerful party.The BJP netted the maximum in donations & spent the most in the 2019 elections. It becomes easy to point a finger at them just as they did at other political parties for way smaller sums just a few years ago. If those parties were corrupt, so are they.The Bharatiya Janata Party spent close to Rs 27,000 crore in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, according to a report by the Centre for Media Studies released on Monday. The amount was 45% of the total expenditure of Rs 60,000 crore, which is more than what was spent in 2014. The report has called the 2019 General Elections the “most expensive election ever, anywhere”.At this rate, expenditure in the 2024 General Elections could cross Rs 1 trillion, said CMS chairperson N Bhaskara Rao, according to Business Standard. “Mother of all corruption lies in the spiralling election expenditure,’’ said Rao. “If we are not able to address this, we can’t check corruption in India. The scale of the expenditure should scare us and compel us to think of taking corrective steps to build a stronger democracy.”[4]That said, is the BJP as corrupt as Congress of yore?No. At least, we have no evidence of that yet.Is all of BJP corrupt?No. There do appear to some leaders working hard and well & certainly not with their hands in the till.Is the top level of BJP corrupt?No. At least we don't think so. Yet.But, the party is a collection of individuals who believe in an ideology & share a common dream for the Nation.By blindly taking in every stray that seeks shelter from the taxman or similar agency, by turning a blind eye & deaf ear to corrupt practices within the party & not weilding a tight enough whip to throw out those who spoil the name, by refusing to allow themselves to be questioned & (mis)using their legislative powers to bring in a law in their favor, by refusing to open themselves up for scrutiny, by taking from those who never give without an arm & a leg in exchange, I believe the BJP has indulged in certain practices that can fall on the other side of honesty.Definition of corruption:The simplest definition is: Corruption is the misuse of public power (by elected politician or appointed civil servant) for private gain. ... Corruption is the misuse of entrusted power (by heritage, education, marriage, election, appointment or whatever else) for private gain.[5]By this simplistic definition of corruption, other than including the obviously corrupt with varying charges of impropriety & having similar existing members, possibly the points listed may not directly point to corruption.However, in world where things do not clearly fall into the categories of black and white, all that can be said is that some of BJP's greys are more towards the black side of the spectrum.Literally.Footnotes[1] Right to Information: Dangerous knowledge[2] Accommodating K'taka Rebel MLAs, Fissures Within Party: BSY & Co Have Issues Before Forming Cabinet[3] Many Politicians with Allegations of Corruption Find BJP a Safe Haven | NewsClick[4] BJP spent nearly 45% – or Rs 27,000 crore – of total expenditure for 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Report[5] http://Corruption is an improbity or decay in the decision-making process in which a decision-maker consents to deviate or demands deviation from the criterion which should rule his or her decision-making, in exchange for a reward or for the promise or expectation of a reward, while these motives influencing his or her decision-making cannot be part of the justification of the decision.

Hello readers,A simple definition of the ISO 14001 standardsCreated in 1996 by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 14001 standards are part of a family of standards (ISO 14000) designed to promote and guide an environmental management approach. It is appropriate for any kind of organization (company, NGOs, union, etc) concerned about improving its system of production, management, and operations as a way to better control its environmental impacts. The guidelines of this norm (that were updated in 2015) can be checked and certified by an approved organization, as we’ll further explain.What are Ithe SO 14001 standards for?ISO 140001 has 2 main objectives:To give a standardized and proven framework that can help organizations to develop an effective environmental management strategy;To work as an official recognition and prize for the organizations’ efforts to improve their environmental strategies.Worldwide, in 2017, more than 362 000 organizations benefited from ISO 14001 certification. Nowadays, this recognition has become important in terms of image and as a response to the requirements of many contractors who look at this certification a proof of the environmental concerns of a company. In this way, ISO 14001 standards are now often an integral part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy of a large number of companies.The principles of the ISO 14001The application of ISO 14001 is not a legal obligation and like all standards set by ISO, adopting it is voluntary. Nevertheless, despite not being mandatory, it imposes a compliance commitment with the current environmental regulation and its future developments for those who follow it. The basic principle of ISO norms is the search for continuous improvement, in successive cycles, according to the four-step process of the Deming (PDCA) cycle:PlanDoStudy/CheckActImplementing the ISO 14001 standardsFollowing the steps of the cycle PDCA mentioned above, the implementation of the ISO 14001 standards is carried out in three stages:At first, there is the need to audit the current organizational practices regarding environmental management and their compliance or non-compliance with the regulations and objectives of the ISO 14001 standards. This will allow organizations to identify and have a clear picture of their procedures, making it easier to re-think and transform them in order to achieve the necessary improvements required by the ISO 14001 standards. This self-audit can be done internally before-hand, but all the information about the organization’s environmental procedures and policies will have to be endorsed to the certification entity and confirmed by its consultants.Once the inventory has been completed, a program of measures to be taken and actions to be developed (prerequisites needed for the certification) need to be established and implemented according to an appropriate schedule. For example, if the audit has identified that the organization is poorly managing its paper resources, the program of measures will probably focus on the establishment of an effective management procedure for these resources.Finally, a rigorous evaluation of the new practices and their environmental impact will be carried out regularly (an annual audit within every three years), where updates or changes on the organizations’ environmental management systems may be requested.Where to get ISO 14001?The full text of ISO 14001 is available (upon payment) via the ISO online consultation platform. The certification itself, renewable in three-year cycles, can be requested from the following accredited bodies (non-exhaustive list):ANSI (American National Standards Institute)IAF (International Accreditation Forum)BSI GroupThe environmental benefits of ISO 14001ISO 14001 standards are above all a management tool. As such, they do not impose certified organizations to achieve certain environmental objectives. Instead, ISO 14001 demands certificated organizations to have a system of procedures that must be respected in order to manage their environmental impacts. An ISO 14001 certified organization is not necessarily an ecological one, what it means is that it has a system that allows it to improve on its environmental issues.The financial and economic benefits of the ISO 14001ISO 14001 standards have a number of economic and financial benefits for businesses. In fact, by improving their brand image and their compliance with international standards, ISO 14001 certification enables companies to be more competitive. The implementation of an efficient resource management system through ISO 14001 certification also enables companies to perform better economically.Examples of strategies used in the implementation of the ISO 14001 standardsThe environmental management strategies used in the implementation of the ISO 14001 standards vary greatly from one organization to another. Indeed, the actions put in place depend on the audit that was previously carried out and on the objectives of the company. Thus, if a company aims to reduce its energy consumption, strategies, like building insulation, managing lights and heating or optimizing computer systems, can be implemented. As for other purposes such as reduction of waste, pollution or greenhouse gas emissions, the actions to be taken would be different.