Modeling and consuming business policy rules

A computer-implemented method for consuming business policy rules, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:

• calling, during execution of an application, a policy application to identify the business policy rules;
• receiving the business policy rules, in response to calling the policy application, the business policy rules identified by the policy application as being related to an action associated with execution of the application;
• determining if a conflict exists among the plurality of business policy rules;
• resolving the conflict, in response to determining that the conflict exists among the received plurality of business policy rules;
• applying at least one business policy rule of the plurality of business policy rules to the action, the at least one business policy rule being determined during resolution of the conflict;
• and
• determining if the action complies with the at least one business policy rule.

A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• receive organization data via a user interface, the organization data specifying an organization to which a business policy rule is to apply;
• receive business process data via the user interface, the business process data identifying a business process associated with the business policy rule;
• receive policy data via the user interface, the policy data defining a rule to be applied to the business process and effective date information associated with the business policy rule;
• and
• generate the business policy rule based, at least partially, upon the organization, the business process, and the policy rules.