Actas de congresos
Sustainability policies and corporate social responsibility (CSR): ergonomics contribution regarding work in companies
Fecha
2013-09-30Registro en:
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 57., Sept. 30-Oct. 4 2013, San Diego, Calif.
Autor
Bolis, Ivan
Morioka, Sandra N.
Brunoro, Claudio M.
Sznelwar, Laerte Idal
Institución
Resumen
The growing importance of sustainability in corporate policies represents a great opportunity for workers
to gain more consideration, with great benefits to their well being. Sustainable work is believed to be one which
improves the organization’s performance and fosters professional development as well as workers’ health. In a
multiple case study based on document research, information was sought about work activities and their
sustainability or CSR policies, as disseminated by corporations. All the companies devoted attention to work
activities and delivered a good amount of information about them. Nevertheless, the information presented was
generic; all the actions developed were top-down and there was no information about the impact of changes aimed
at sustainability on the workers’ activities. It was found that the companies seemed to be at an early stage. In the
future, they need to show more commitment through concrete goals: they must be aware that workers contribute
directly to the corporations’ sustainability. This would allow room for Ergonomics and Work Psychodynamics to
be incorporated and to be useful for both companies and society, so as to promote and ensure work sustainability