Framtidens lagefterlevnadsverktyg hos små och medelstora företag : en behovsanalys

Sammanfattning: This thesis aims to investigate what requirements companies have in order to achieve a successful legislative compliance control. The implementation of an environmental management system can help the company to structure their business and succeed with their environmental legislative compliance. Both small and medium sized businesses perceive that it is difficult and time consuming because the legislation can be difficult to interpret if you do not have the required knowledge. There are many companies that hire help in the form of consultants who audit their compliance, but this leads to a risk that the company will be exposed when the knowledge does not remain in the company if the consultant would cancel the cooperation. There are not so many tools today for businesses to obtain good legal compliance. The methods used are usually checklists included in the control program, and it costs a lot of resources to do everything needed. This study strives to deliver the expressed needs of the businesses. The companies surveyed in this study wished that there would be extra help to keep track of the laws pertaining to their business, but also that the legal text should be clearer. The legislative compliance systems of today must become easier to use and more effective for the environmental manager to work with. If the research had increased in this area, perhaps a new system may be able to meet the unconscious needs of companies and help them to develop and become more independent.