Mapping the relationships between work and sustainability and the opportunities for ergonomic action

Bolis, Ivan; Brunoro, Claudio Marcelo; Sznelwar, Laerte Idal

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2014.02.011

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“…By linking more transparent reporting around the OHS agenda with brand image and organizational reputation (Hunter & Van Wassenhove, 2011), managers may leverage the differentiation strategy of the firm and shape new or boost existing marketing advantages while increasing customer loyalty (Neumann et al, 2014;Randall, 2005). Hence, OHS reporting may encapsulate an untapped reservoir of added value for the firm and attending the issue in a manner similar to promoting 'green' products or environmentally benign behaviour can contribute to the sustainability (reporting) agenda, primarily in terms of employee-management and consumer-company dialogue and fruitful engagement (Bolis, Brunoro, & Sznelwar, 2014;Mason & Simmons, 2011;Zink & Fischer, 2013). Nevertheless, recent evidence suggests that consumers do not receive adequate information on the working conditions of firms (Dixon et al, 2017), a problem which should be alarming to top management executives in terms of underlying inefficiencies and the potential scepticism or mistrust around OHS performance that mere 'aspirational talks' may spawn (Behm & Schneller, 2011;Boiral, 2013;Christensen, Morsing, & Thyssen, 2013).…”

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Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders

Evangelinos

Fotiadis

Skouloudis

et al. 2018

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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The purpose of this study is to assess the comprehensiveness of voluntary occupational health and safety (OHS) disclosures of large business entities. We devise a composite disclosure index, relying on well-established performance indicators, and focus on the information found in the sustainability reports of corporations pertaining to the oil and gas, chemical, airline, and construction industries, in an attempt to shed light on the current status and emerging trends in OHS reporting from a diverse group of business entities. The findings indicate that companies tend to place emphasis on their overall management approach to OHS, but fall short in reporting quantitative and qualitative information beyond the 'conventional' metrics of occupational injury rates. OHS issues within the supply chain and relevant monitoring systems/mechanisms in place are topics that are underreported, while OHS training programmes are an aspect that is inadequately analyzed in quantitative terms, being the least reported indicator in the sample reports. In contrast, companies from all four industries seek assurance for the OHS information that they report and place emphasis on the externally developed management standards/initiatives that they subscribe to, support, or have adopted. KEYWORDS corporate responsibility, occupational health and safety, sustainability reporting, sustainable development, voluntary disclosure

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders

Evangelinos

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Skouloudis

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“…Similarly, 'health and safety' along with 'work design and organization' can also be the promising areas of ergonomics to attain business sustainability in that it can contribute to the development of corporate social responsibility on considering occupational health and welfare of workers in sustainable work systems (Genaidy et al, 2009(Genaidy et al, , 2010Bolis et al, 2014;Zink, 2014). In general, work design is from relevant microergonomics approach and organizational design is from macroergonomics principles (Hendrick, 2000;Zink, 2008;Guimarães et al, 2012).…”

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“…Statements above indicate both ergonomics and sustainable development are human centered and concerned with the joint optimization of the elements of complex socio-technical systems (Legg and Brown, 2010;Zink, 2014), implying that ergonomics could play an important role in assisting the transition to sustainable development (Moray, 1995;Dekker et al, 2013;Martin et al, 2013;Zink and Fischer, 2013;Bolis et al, 2014). Even though a few case studies on how ergonomics can help in achieving transition to sustainability have been reported (Wise, 2001;Rodriguez, 2004;Legg and Brown, 2010;Miller et al, 2012;Ryan and Wilson, 2013), a recent literature review conducted by Martin et al (2013) reported that only seven articles on ergonomics, design and sustainability were in ergonomics journals and thus there is a lack of clear published contributions from ergonomics to sustainable development, showing still very weak sign of ergonomists tacking sustainability issues.…”

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Ergonomics and sustainable development in the past two decades (1992–2011): Research trends and how ergonomics can contribute to sustainable development

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“…In this sense, ergonomics has an important contribution to the sustainable development of work and of the corporations themselves (Bolis et al, 2014). Compliance with ergonomic principles in the development of modern forestry machinery should contribute to the reduction of mental and physical stress and other constraints imposed to the operator.…”

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Proposal for an Ergonomic Conformity Index for Evaluation of Harvesters and Forwarders

2017

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-Context: In mechanized forestry work, the ergonomic conditions of the workplace affects operator's health, performance and productivity. Originality: A comparison of different forest machines becomes complex in case where it is required analysis of several ergonomic factors simultaneously. There are several methods of ergonomic analysis however, a more complete methodology that considers several ergonomic factors and produces an index that represent the ergonomic condition of the machine is needed. Objective: Propose a methodology to determining an Ergonomic Conformity Index to evaluate Harvesters and Forwarders of different brands. Methodology: The ECI was determined initially basing in four relevant ergonomic factors: noise, vibration, thermal environment and air quality. These factors were evaluated utilizing four Harvesters and two Forwarders in eucalyptus timber harvesting operations. For each factor, a score was given according to its compliance with the established parameters. The ECI was obtained from an average of the scores given to each factor. The index ranges from zero to one, so that lower values indicate worse ergonomic conditions. Results: All the analyzed machines had continuous noise between 75.0 and 82.6 dB (A) and whole-body vibration between 0.27 and 0.70 m s -2 . HV1 and HV2 presented thermal environment in accordance with the established criteria, other machines showed deficiencies in this regard. All the machines presented non-conformities in the air quality, except HV2. The ECI of Harvesters HV1, HV2, HV3 and HV4, were 0.83; 0.88; 0.71; 0.63. The ECI of Forwarders FW1 and FW2 were 0.58 and 0.79. Conclusion: The determination of the ECI allowed an evaluation and comparison between analyzed forest machines. The machine with the higher ECI had only one non-conformity, and it was related to noise inside the cab. The machine that got the lower ECI presented non-conformities for all the factors. Keywords: Forest harvesting; Forest mechanization; Occupational hygiene. ÍNDICE DE CONFORMIDADE ERGONÔMICA PARA MÁQUINAS FLORESTAIS

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Mapping the relationships between work and sustainability and the opportunities for ergonomic action

Cited by 59 publications

References 140 publications

Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders

Occupational health and safety disclosures in sustainability reports: An overview of trends among corporate leaders

Ergonomics and sustainable development in the past two decades (1992–2011): Research trends and how ergonomics can contribute to sustainable development

Proposal for an Ergonomic Conformity Index for Evaluation of Harvesters and Forwarders

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