Innovative Accreditation Standards in Education and Training

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 applied in business organizations Offers insightful conclusions based on the Italian implementation experience that are applicable to other countries and organizations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
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.