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Corrective Action Plan

What is Corrective Action Plan?

A documented set of steps to address audit findings, control deficiencies, or non-conformities, including timelines and responsible parties.

Audit and Assurance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as corrective action plan. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on corrective action plan

Requirements naming corrective action plan across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Track every audit finding on a risk-prioritised corrective action plan with named owners and due dates, and report remediation progress to the stakeholders accountable for closing it.

CCM-A&A-06 · Remediation
HITECH Act1 control

HITECH 4-tier CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES (CMP) + enforcement (Section 17939; 45 CFR 160.404; inflation-adjusted annually). HHS OCR ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY: HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) primary federal enforcer;

HITECH-Enforcement-CMP-Tiers-StateAGs-OCR · HITECH 4-Tier Civil Monetary Penalty Structure, State AGs Enforcement and HHS OCR Settlements

Supply chain + reporting + coordination cover ILO FPRW extension beyond own operations. Supply Chain Labour Standards: cascade ILO Fundamental Principles into supplier code of conduct + tier 1 + tier 2 + tier 3 + sub-tier visibility;

ILO-FPRW-SupplyChain-Reporting-Training-Coord-UNGC-OECD-UNGP-CSDDD · ILO FPRW - Supply Chain Labour Standards + Public Reporting + Worker Training + Coordination UN Global Compact + OECD MNE + UNGPs + EU CSDDD + Modern Slavery Acts

Address Mandatory Criterion 4 of Modern Slavery Statement under Section 16(1)(d) - describe actions taken by reporting entity to assess and address modern slavery risks including due diligence and remediation.

AU-MSA-Mandatory-Criterion-4-Actions-Section-16-1d-Due-Diligence-Supplier-Code-Worker-Voice-Recruitment-Fees · Australia MSA Mandatory Criterion 4 + Actions + Section 16(1)(d) + Due Diligence + Supplier Code + Worker Voice + Recruitment Fees

Per CPSC: Voluntary Recall Notice + Corrective Action Plan + SaferProducts.gov Complaint Monitoring.

USCPSC-3 · Recall, Corrective Action, SaferProducts.gov

Questions people ask about corrective action plan

What is Corrective Action Plan?
A documented set of steps to address audit findings, control deficiencies, or non-conformities, including timelines and responsible parties.
Why is Corrective Action Plan important for compliance?
Corrective Action Plan is a key concept in Audit and Assurance. Understanding corrective action plan helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Corrective Action Plan?
Corrective Action Plan appears in the requirement text of IRS Publication 1075, Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, HITECH Act, ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (Core Conventions), Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Australia). Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Corrective Action Plan?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how corrective action plan applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.