Economic and social dimensions of occupational health and safety and their central importance in social and responsible business

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Eddington, Ian and Eddington, Noela. 2005. "Economic and social dimensions of occupational health and safety and their central importance in social and responsible business." El Kholti, Abdeljalil (ed.) 6th Pan African Conference on Occupational Health. Casablanca, Morocco 01 - 03 Apr 2005 Casablanca, Morocco.
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Economic and social dimensions of occupational health and safety and their central importance in social and responsible business

Presentation TypePaper
AuthorsEddington, Ian (Author) and Eddington, Noela (Author)
EditorsEl Kholti, Abdeljalil
Journal or Proceedings TitleProceedings of the 6th Pan African Conference on Occupational Health
Number of Pages11
Year2005
Place of PublicationCasablanca, Morocco
Conference/Event6th Pan African Conference on Occupational Health
Event Details
6th Pan African Conference on Occupational Health
Event Date
01 to end of 03 Apr 2005
Event Location
Casablanca, Morocco
Abstract

The economic and social dimensions of occupational health and safety are defined. An examination is made of (1) the importance of the role of business in sustainable development, and (2) the importance of occupational health and safety within that role. Value chain construct is used to reveal (a) how, within the economic dimension, health and profitability benefits have been leveraged through the movement of OH&S strategy from the domain of market failure to the domain of non price productivity, and (b) how, within the social dimension, benefits are beginning to emerge from the way in which industry and commerce are changing in response to calls for social and responsible business and safe and civil society. Countervailing forces are acknowledged.

Keywordsoccupational health and safety, sustainable development, value chain, profitability, safe and civil society
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020500102. Business ethics
350505. Occupational and workplace health and safety
350710. Organisational behaviour
350799. Strategy, management and organisational behaviour not elsewhere classified
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Byline AffiliationsAustralian Graduate School of Business
Department of Training and Industrial Relations, Queensland
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