PROBLEM: In today's economic environment, enterprises may not be able to fund every new project aimed at promoting health and safety in the workplace. Company level economic evaluation of interventions can provide guidance in sound business decision-making. The Economic Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Interventions at the Company Level Meeting brought together members of the global occupational safety and health community interested in encouraging the use of economic knowledge and tools to evaluate economic gains from occupational health and safety interventions. DISCUSSION: Discussions of the six models presented explored similarities, reliability, and potential use by corporate enterprises, small and medium enterprises, developing and transitioning nations, and economic theorists. Each group provided specific projects that could be pursued to advance knowledge in the area of economic evaluation at the company level. CONCLUSION: This conference established pathway to incorporate economic evaluation of health and safety interventions or programs at the workplace. 相似文献
Among both forest practitioners and the general public, “forest health” has become an issue of contention. Whereas the debate
over which treatments will best achieve healthy forests has been framed largely by the popular media and politicians as a
struggle between industry and environmentalists, the views of the general public remain unexplored. Survey results from Oregon
and Washington residents were used to assess the relationships between respondents’ self-described environmental or economic
priorities and the following two variables: (1) acceptability of forest management practices and (2) perceived threats to
forest health. Findings indicate that active management was generally accepted by a majority of respondents regardless of
their environmental or economic orientation. Disagreement emerged, however, when the appropriateness of specific management
practices within specific forest conditions was examined. Additionally, strong evidence was found for a relationship between
self-described environmental or economic orientation and perceived threats to forest health. Those with an environmentally
oriented viewpoint tended to perceive human-caused factors as the largest threats, whereas those with an economic orientation
saw naturally occurring processes as the greatest threats. These findings suggest that the issue of contention is not active
management per se. Rather, the major divisions in the forest health debate are defined by specific contexts and circumstances,
as well as the management practices used. 相似文献
Objective: Statistics indicate that employees commuting or traveling as part of their work are overrepresented in workplace injury and death. Despite this, many organizations are unaware of the factors within their organizations that are likely to influence potential reductions in work-related road traffic injury.
Methods: This article presents a multilevel conceptual framework that identifies health investment as the central feature in reducing work-related road traffic injury. Within this framework, we explore factors operating at the individual driver, workgroup supervisor, and organizational senior management levels that create a mutually reinforcing system of safety.
Results: The health investment framework identifies key factors at the senior manager, supervisor, and driver levels to cultivating a safe working environment. These factors are high-performance workplace systems, leader–member exchange and autonomy, trust and empowerment, respectively. The framework demonstrates the important interactions between these factors and how they create a self-sustaining organizational safety system.
Conclusions: The framework aims to provide insight into the future development of interventions that are strategically aligned with the organization and target elements that facilitate and enhance driver safety and ultimately reduce work-related road traffic injury and death. 相似文献