Managing Health, Safety and Well-Being, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being Series

To achieve sustainable progress in workplace and societal functioning and development, it is essential to align perspectives for the management of health, safety and well-being. Employers are responsible for providing every individual with a working environment that is safe and does not harm their physical or mental health. However, the current state of the art indicates that approaches used to promote health, safety and well-being have not had the anticipated results. At the level of the enterprise it is widely understood and accepted by all stakeholders that employers share the responsibility of promoting and managing the health of their workers. Evidence indicates that most employers put in place procedures and measures to manage workers? health and create healthy workplaces to meet legal requirements, as a response to requests by employees, as a need to improve company image/reputation, and to improve productivity. This highlights that in addition to legal requirements, the key drivers for companies also include the ethical and business case. While much has been written about role of legislation and the business case for promoting health, safety and well-being, not much is known about the ?ethical case? for promoting employment and working conditions. In this context, this book examines the potential of the link between responsible and sustainable workplace practices, human rights and worker health, safety and well-being and explores how complementary approaches can be used to promote employment and working conditions and sustainability at the organizational level. It offers a framework for aligning different approaches and perspectives to the promotion of workers? health, safety and well-being and provides recommendations for introducing such an approach at the enterprise level.

Chapter 1. Work, Health, Safety and Well-Being: Current State of the Art.- Chapter 2. Approaches to Managing Health, Safety and Well-Being.- Chapter 3. The Economic, Business and Value Case for Health, Safety and Well-Being.- Chapter 4. Responsible and Ethical Business Practices and their Synergies with Health, Safety and Well-Being.- Chapter 5. The Fundamental Human Right to Health, Safety and Well-Being.- Chapter 6. Mainstreaming Health, Safety and Well-Being.- Chapter 7. Aligning Perspectives and Promoting Sustainability.

Aditya Jain is Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management at the Nottingham University Business School and a member of the Centre for Organisational Health and Development. He is the Executive Officer of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, Associate Editor of the journal ‘Safety Science’ and a member of the British Standards Institution’s ‘Health & Safety Committee’ and ‘Human Capital Committee’. His expertise lies in enhancing organisational productivity, quality, innovation and workers’ well-being, all of which are linked to the way work is designed and the way in which organisations are managed. His work has focused on examining the role of softer forms of policy, such as voluntary standards, social dialogue and business responsibility and sustainability initiatives in the area of managing employment and working conditions. He has published over 50 journal articles, book chapters, reports and guidance, and presented his work at numerous international conferences.

Stavroula Leka is Professor of Work, Health & Policy at the University of Nottingham and Director of the Centre for Organizational Health & Development, a World Health Organization collaborating centre in occupational health. She is Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, and of the Higher Education Academy. She chairs the scientific committee 'Work Organisation & Psychosocial Factors' of the International Commission on Occupational Health. She received an early career achievement award by the American Psychological Association for outstanding contribution in occupational health psychology and the study of work-related stress. Her expertise lies in the translation of occupational health and safety knowledge and policy into effective practice, with key themes being work organisation and the management of the psychosocial work environment for business and societal sustainability; and the promotion of menta

First book on health, safety and well-being that aligns different research perspectives

Interdisciplinary, using approaches from human resource management, strategic management, business ethics and sustainibility, development studies, occupational health and safety

Provides a comprehensive framework to promote best business practices by linking different research areas