Re: Definitions - Policy, Regulation and Compliance

Peter,

My research did lead me to some conflicting information which well illustrates why there isn’t a fully common understanding. The 7 experts in that article are all work in the area of law, so what they say is true in that context.

It was actually new news to me that some educational entities use or establish their own “regulations”, which used to be called “rules”, to provide documentation of how they operate. The regulations they establish are largely due to government laws regarding education, having documentation on how the school operates (or is expected to operate).

Another example of this educational use is at the University of Central Florida Regulations web page<https://regulations.ucf.edu/>. It seems they’ve been using “regulations” rather than “rules” since 2005. So I imagine these two examples aren’t simply isolated cases.

Mary Jo
IBM Accessibility Standards Program Manager

From: Korn, Peter <pkorn@lab126.com>
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 1:06 AM
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Hi Mary Jo, The use of the term “regulation” outside of laws or gov’t is new to me (e. g. , the NC State definitions link – which suggests that organizations can have regulations that they themselves write). It doesn’t jibe with my own understanding
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Hi Mary Jo,

The use of the term “regulation” outside of laws or gov’t is new to me (e.g., the NC State definitions<https://policies.ncsu.edu/definitions/> link – which suggests that organizations can have regulations that they themselves write).  It doesn’t jibe with my own understanding of the term, nor one of your other links “What Is the Difference Between Law, Policy, and Regulation, According to 7 Experts<https://upjourney.com/what-is-the-difference-between-law-policy-and-regulation>”, which states that “A regulation is a rule within a law that specifies how the ideas of the law are actually going to be implemented”.

Are you suggesting AGWG adopt a definition of the term “regulation” that need not be connected to a law or other gov’t requirement?


Best,

Peter
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Hi all,

I wanted to follow up on discussions we had at TPAC on Tuesday where I expressed (not so eloquently) my reservations with the definitions that had been presented for Policy, Regulation and Compliance. I am attaching a Word document with some definitions culled using various resources and different sectors where these terms are used sometimes with further qualifying words. I hope this better expresses where I’m coming from on these. I have added in some web links I also found helpful.

Best regards,

Mary Jo
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Mary Jo Mueller
IBM Accessibility Standards Program Manager

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