The Importance of Hygiene in the Public Domain: Physical, Financial, and Political Hygiene

Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health ; conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases in human bodies. Many people equate hygiene with 'cleanliness,' but hygiene is a broad term. It includes such personal habit choices as how frequently to bathe, wash hands, trim fingernails, and change clothing. It also includes attention to keeping surfaces in the home and workplace, including bathroom facilities, clean and pathogen-free. Some regular hygiene practices may be considered good habits by a society, while the neglect of hygiene can be considered disgusting, disrespectful, or threatening.In this book, the word is used to explain not only physical hygiene, but also political hygiene with the emphasis on the third aspect; financial hygiene. Every organisation may have a slightly different take on good financial hygiene. However, industry experts agree there are two main components to practicing good financial hygiene: keeping revenue within your organization and implementing the resources and tools needed to capture receivables as quickly as possible.