Making Safety Work: Getting Management Commitment to Occupational Health and Safety

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Managers are often reluctant to commit to occupational health and safety despite proven benefits to employees and the organisation. In Making Safety Work, Andrew Hopkins looks at the reasons behind the reluctance and argues that the current policy of emphasising 'safety pays' is not effective. Rather, it is the threat of personal prosecution that most impresses employers. Based on interviews with Australian managers and occupational health and safety officers, Making Safety Work includes extensive case material ...
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Overview

Managers are often reluctant to commit to occupational health and safety despite proven benefits to employees and the organisation. In Making Safety Work, Andrew Hopkins looks at the reasons behind the reluctance and argues that the current policy of emphasising 'safety pays' is not effective. Rather, it is the threat of personal prosecution that most impresses employers. Based on interviews with Australian managers and occupational health and safety officers, Making Safety Work includes extensive case material from a wide variety of organisations. Hopkins also outlines strategies which OHS officers and representatives can use to gain management cooperation and build a safety culture within their organisation. Making Safety Work is essential reading for occupational health and safety practitioners, as well as students of management, organisational behaviour, business regulation and social policy.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781863738699
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited
  • Publication date: 2/1/1996
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • Product dimensions: 5.51 (w) x 8.46 (h) x 0.55 (d)

Table of Contents

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Preface
1 Whose responsibility? 1
2 Regulation versus economic incentives 16
3 Employer responses to compensation pressures 28
4 Beyond the reach of compensation: the need for regulation 46
5 Other 'safety pays' arguments 56
6 Regulations and regulators 73
7 Prosecuting for workplace death and injury 94
8 Workers and their unions 115
9 The irrelevance of compensation costs: the case of the construction industry 129
10 Does safety pay: the case of coal mining 140
11 Strategies for safety specialists 158
12 Strategies for governments and OHS authorities 172
13 Concluding comments 186
Bibliography 197
Index 205
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