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Workplace Safety, Higher profitsby Carl Luttig
Janet
McCalman is only partially correct when she says there is a conflict of
interest between safety and corporate profits.
It is true that it
costs money to create an organisational culture in which workplace safety
can thrive. Companies preoccupied with short-term profits are invariably
tempted to take shortcuts in this area, and, unfortunately, many still do,
However, there is a growing realisation that such expediency is ultimately
not in the best interest of a companies overall performance. The issue
here is not so much the overt costs associated with workplace
accidents/disasters. Nor is it indirect costs resulting from the impact of
low workforce morale and diminished confidence among
stakeholders.
Unquestionably the greatest price paid by companies
that fail to integrate safety and other business imperatives is reduced
workforce commitment. For there can be little doubt that employees who
feel that their wellbeing - and indeed, life - is a low corporate
priority, are hardly inclined to give their all for their
employer.
To rise above the ruck, companies of vision stop viewing
safety as a cost and treat it as an opportunity to build a
better-performing, and thus more profitable enterprise.
 “Beyond
the Safety Plateau” by Professor James Reason
Better
Strategies needed to eliminate workplace fatalities
Companies
urged to alter their approach to Cultural Change
Culture
Change - is it sustainable
DNRE
Improves risk management skills
Incentive
the key to safety for miners
Lachlan
Jones Proudly Sponsored by ZEAL Group
Longford:
Corporate leaders must stand up to be counted
Most
audits are not good enough to help manage workplace safety
risks
Move
to Underground Mining poses major safety challenge
Risky
business a safe bet
The
lessons of Longford - Company Director
Topics
of Interest
What
roles does a leader play in the safety effort and what role do systems
play in the safety effort?
Workplace
safety: No improvements likely despite Longford
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