I buy into the benefits of records destruction (e.g., reduced litigation
cost and risk, reduced storage cost, improved access to active and relevant
information), but is there a convincing argument for key decision-makers
who do not see cost as a major driver, are afraid of losing potentially
useful records, and are part of an organization that is not subject to FOI
or regulations that stipulate destruction? Is there inherent value
in destroying records? So what if an organization does not manage the
lifecycle of records (other than it's not best practice)?

Has anyone run into this issue when trying to implement a records
management program? How did you deal with it? Also, is anyone part of an
organization that has an operational (successful?) records management
program that doesn't carry out records destruction?

Thanks for your input!

Judy

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Judy Hu, MAS
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