Innovative Accreditation Standards in Education and Training: The Italian Experience in Ethical Standards and the Impact on Business Organisation [Hardcover]

The aim of this book is to examine how technical and institutional factors affect the responsiveness of public and private organisations to a change in accreditation standards, with specific reference to the vocational educational and training (VET) sector and ethical standards.?In particular, the authors?analyse the Italian experience regarding a new accreditation standard recently adopted in the Region of Lombardy. Although based on a national experience, this innovative approach to accreditation systems in the educational sector provides a more general framework of analysis?of how?ethics and compliance can be applied?in business organisation worldwide.Introduction.- Organisational Theories and Models.- The Ethical Challenge: An Italian Way Through Organisational Models and Theories.- Organisational Model and Innovative Accreditation Standard in Education Sector.- Innovative Accreditation Standards in the Italian Experience in VET.- A More General Consideration About Accreditation Standards: From VET to Health Systems.- Further Applications of Compliance with Decree 231 and Anti-Corruption.- Conclusion.- Appendix.The aim of this book is to examine how technical and institutional factors affect the responsiveness of public and private organisations to a change in accreditation standards, with specific reference to the vocational educational and training (VET) sector and ethical standards.?In particular, the authors?analyse the Italian experience regarding a new accreditation standard recently adopted in the Region of Lombardy. Although based on a national experience, this innovative approach to accreditation systems in the educational sector provides a more general framework of analysis?of how?ethics and compliance can be applied?in business organisation worldwide.Provides an innovative approach to accreditation systems in the educational sector, which is a key area of the EU program 2014-2020 Illustrates cases of how ethics and compliance frameworks can be appliel1