The Zen of the Business-Aligned Safety Program

摘要

The safety professional’s role in a business organization can be integral and highly important;rnhowever, it is often marginalized and perceived as misaligned or counter to business goals,rnreducing the effectiveness of their efforts. Business processes impact the costs and benefits of arnsafety program. A balanced and considered approach to safety programs in the context ofrnbusiness goals and the application of the Five Pillars in evaluating an organization’s capacity tornbe a high-functioning and safe organization can lead to extreme success. The considered andrncalculated steps a safety professional takes to review an organization’s capability to improvernenhances safety program success.rnBusiness processes encountered by safety professionals can be influenced to enhance thernsafety process and business goals to reach the desired end-state.