efficiency

How do you promote workplace health and safety?

January 27, 2011 Adam Gorley Health and Safety, Human Resources

When Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, it turns out he was talking about fire safety at a time when fire departments and other prevention measures didn’t exist.

Benjamin Franklin, efficiency, engagement, fire safety, morale, prevention, productivity, profit, rewarding employees, workplace accidents, zero accidents

New guide to CSR for small and medium businesses

January 13, 2011 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources

A business research centre at Cardiff University, Wales, has teamed up with the British arm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to release a new guide on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for small and medium-sized businesses, called The ABC of CSR for small and medium enterprises. If you don’t mind the Welsh, and can handle reading “programme” instead of “program”, then you might find this guide offers some valuable lessons.

Absenteeism, corporate social responsibility, CSR, efficiency, employee retention, motivation, reputation, strategy, sustainability