If I´d have to describe briefly the Volkswagen´s manoeuvre regarding its Clean Air Act Violations, it may look like this: Lots of pages were already written on the Volkswagen´s case. One of the quickest and more accurate interpretation of the issue, Read More …
Tag: corporate social responsibility
Evidences of an #OSH in the strategic level of the organizations
In recent times -in a scale that may be measured even in months- the safety and health discipline is facing a pattern already posed in a number of fields in the organizations according to which, a new management model starts Read More …
Materiality and economy, two approaches for safety and health management within organizations
Weeks ago, I had the privilege of writing an article in the May edition of Safety Management, the magazine of the British Safety Council, one of the worldwide leader and most long-established organizations in the field of safety and health. To open the Read More …
Women and work: gender inequality in three striking figures
The fact of gender inequalities at work is broadly known. In some places more than others and in certain ages more than others, the working conditions of women were, in general, poorer or much more poorer than men conditions. And it remains Read More …
The convergence between OSH and sustainability
For more than three years now, I´ve been studying the convergence of a number of occupational safety and health actions and policies with the performance of corporate social responsibility and sustainability within the organizations. I started in 2012. During that year, Read More …
Goal tree as a method to establish a good set of criteria
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Gestión de la PRL: antes de resolver un problema, ordénalo” (OSH Read More …
If you aim to solve a situation, focus on the problem rather than on solutions
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Gestión de la PRL: la formulación de problemas, origen de grandes Read More …
“Work is not a place nor a time; it´s just an activity”
The tittle of this post is quoted because these words -or so similar words that may be considered a citation- were stated by Sara Chinarro in the talk she delivered last Thursday in the 4rd Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility held this week in Read More …
Tools for the strategic management of safety and health in the organizations
My last post on Prevención Integral -the site by the Specific Research Centre for the Improvement and Innovation at Companies (CERpIE) of the Technical University of Catalunya- is entitled “Herramientas de nivel estratégico para la prevención” (Strategic tools for risk prevention) Read More …
If you are lack of intuition to solve problems, apply a method
Last week I got the certificate for the last course at the Delft University of Technology I completed through the edX platform. The course is titled “Solving complex problems” and is about some analytics tools for the decision making and solutions Read More …
Overview of the year 2014 in #sustainability, #CSR, #environment and #OSH based on the blog
This blog is about occupational safety and corporate environment and, for the own development of these disciplines, also extends its scope to sustainability and social responsibility of the organizations. For me, the blog is basically a way of learning and Read More …
What can be learned from Uralita´s passivity in relation to a complex problem
Uralita is a multinational company of building materials. Insulation products, gypsum, pipes and roof tiles are today its main products. The company is present in over 50 countries with a workforce of 2,550 employees [1]. In Spain, the company´s name was traditionally Read More …