scholarly journals Corporate Responsibility for Systemic Occupational Stress Prevention

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kasperczyk
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Organisational Effectiveness ◽  
Stress Prevention ◽  
Risk Management Framework ◽  
Legal Duty ◽  
The Individual

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to highlight the increased focus on corporate governance responsibility for managing employees’ psychological health, and to present an argument for a systemic approach to prevention of occupational stress. The paper commences with a brief description of the problem posed by occupational stress as a threat to organisational effectiveness. It then discusses the types of currently observed organisational responses to this issue and the extent to which they are shaped by beliefs about occupational stress. There are two fundamental approaches to dealing with work stress, one aimed at the individual and the other, at the organisation. The more comprehensive approaches have been increasingly reported to be more effective. The argument for a systemic approach to its prevention is then developed, in line with the risk management framework currently being adopted by Government jurisdictions governing Occupational Health and Safety in Australia and New Zealand. As the stress issue is now couched in health and safety terms, it is a moral and legal duty of the Board to satisfy itself that it is effectively addressed.

The adoption of the Australian Water Recycling Guidelines by regulators with specific reference to treatment validation requirements

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1735-1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. Power
Keyword(s):  
Phase 1 ◽  
National Database ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Water Recycling ◽  
Recycled Water ◽  
Australian Water ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Risk Management Framework ◽  
Low Exposure ◽  
The Individual

Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks (Phase 1) (AGWR) were published in 2006 and present a risk management framework. A major component is the validation of a treatment process for log removal of microorganisms. A National Water Commission (NWC) Fellowship looked at the adoption of the AGRW and the validation requirements of the individual jurisdictions within Australia. To enhance the uptake of recycled water, reduce the technical burden on jurisdictions and promote consistence between jurisdictions, three recommendations were proposed: 1. Agree that treatment systems for low exposure schemes be exempt from individual validation; 2. Develop a national database for log removal values for use with low exposure schemes; and 3. Develop a national approach to the validation of treatment processes. A process for achieving these goals is outlined in the paper.

scholarly journals Occupational Stress in the Service Sector: A New Dimension

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeenobiyah Hannif ◽  
Felicity Lamm ◽  
Karen Lo ◽  
Jeffrey Lu
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Employment Factors ◽  
Managing Stress ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Organisational Factors

Previous research on occupational stress is limited in that it has tended to focus on the individual and is frequently located within occupations that are deemed to be stressful, such as nursing and policing. The intention o f this paper is to broaden the scope of analysis by investigating a range of employment factors (i.e. heavy workloads, interpersonal relationships and organisational factors) which can contribute to stress amongst workers and to include more industry sectors. In particular, this paper endeavours to draw attention to occupational stress amongst workers in emotionally demanding, so-called "low risk industries” - namely the call centre and hospitality industries, and to explore their perceptions of stress, their attitudes concerning managing stress and their responses to the inclusion of stress detailed in the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act, 2002. Findings, from two studies indicate that working in the hospitality and call centre industries can be stressful and that most workers are vulnerable in terms of their poor working conditions and low wages. Findings also show that, consistent with other studies, there was low trade union presence and a high rate of casualisation and staff turnover in each of the industries. At the same time there was a lack of overt conflict between management and workers, with an apparent close alignment of goals between the two parties and a style of management that could be described as unitarist.

Developing and implementing the risk management framework into business processes of Gazprom transgaz Tomsk Ltd., for implementation of the Eastern gas program of PJSC Gazprom

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
V. E. Zaikovsky ◽  
A. V. Karev
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Project Approach ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Risk Management Framework

Project success depends on the ability to respond to risks and make correct decisions in a timely manner. The project approach provides a better framework for implementing a new management system into the company’s business processes. The risk management framework developed by the company comprises a risk management infrastructure, a set of standards, human resources, and a risk management information system. To improve staff compliance, it is necessary to provide training and to communicate the goals of the project effectively. It is also important to develop a motivation system because well trained and motivated staff are able to work more efficiently.

Protecting privacy to protect mental health: the new ethical imperative

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 604-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias Aboujaoude
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
The Individual

Confidentiality is a central bioethical principle governing the provider–patient relationship. Dating back to Hippocrates, new laws have interpreted it for the age of precision medicine and electronic medical records. This is where the discussion of privacy and technology often ends in the scientific health literature when Internet-related technologies have made privacy a much more complex challenge with broad psychological and clinical implications. Beyond the recognised moral duty to protect patients’ health information, clinicians should now advocate a basic right to privacy as a means to safeguard psychological health. The article reviews empirical research into the functions of privacy, the implications for psychological development and the resigned sentiment taking hold regarding the ability to control personal data. The article concludes with a call for legislative, educational and research steps to readjust the equilibrium between the individual and ‘Big Data’.

We’re told, ‘Suck it up’: Long-Term Care Workers’ Psychological Health and Safety

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Braedley ◽  
Prince Owusu ◽  
Anna Przednowek ◽  
Pat Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Workers

Systems-based accident analysis in the led outdoor activity domain: application and evaluation of a risk management framework

Ergonomics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 927-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Salmon ◽  
A. Williamson ◽  
M. Lenné ◽  
E. Mitsopoulos-Rubens ◽  
C.M. Rudin-Brown
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Accident Analysis ◽  
Outdoor Activity ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Risk Management Framework ◽  
Activity Domain
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