Corporate Risk Management
Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Quality, and Emergency Response Planning
1st Edition
Published on 25. January 2014
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-1-4398-1775-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides key issues in workplace health and safety, environmental quality, and emergency response planning that affect corporate liability and financial risk. The book surveys basic regulatory compliance issues as well as other legal liabilities that the modem manager must consider in order to control corporate financial and legal risks. This book also provides essential guidance in designing and implementing affective risk management strategies. The book is divided into three sections: Workplace Health and Safety, Environmental Quality, and Emergency Response Planning.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professionals, consultants, managers in the areas of: engineering management, plant and corporate management, regulatory agencies, homeland security, attorneys in litigation practices, Occupational health and safety human resources, risk analysis, environmental health and safety, and corporate regulatory compliance officers; as well as upper level under graduate and first year graduate students taking business programs, law students focusing on corporate risk management; and occupational health and safety engineers.
Illustrations
50 s/w Abbildungen
50 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-1775-9 (9781439817759)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Paul A. Erickson is an Associate Professor at Ana Maria College, Paxton, Massachusetts, USA.
Content
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY. Scope of Workplace Health & Safety. Hazard Communication. Laboratory Standard. Lockout-Tagout. Confined Space Entry & Hotwork. Respiratory Protection. Hazardous Waste Management. Management of Change. Bloodborne Pathogens. Other Issues. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. Environmental Impact Assessment. ISO 4000.1 Certification. Green Productivity. Community Health & Safety. Product Cycle. Operational and Managerial Standards. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING. Essentials of Holistic Planning and Management. The Emergency Response Plan. Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment. Medical Surveillance. Hazard and Risk Reduction Strategies. Decontamination. Data and Information Management.