Abstract
Although corporate social responsibility is a permanent feature of activities of many companies, only a few companies can show a strategic approach and use complex solutions. It is emphasized that factors which could cause a positive change are institutional incentives such as tax benefits, and a bigger involvement of stakeholders, mostly employees. As far as providing hygienic working conditions is concerned, one must focus on better connecting occupational health and safety (OHS) with positive targets of the company, i.e. health promotion, efficiency increase and business excellence. It is becoming all the more important since the results of European research point out that the main source of stress at work is its psychosocial layer. Problems such as work-related stress, mobbing or discrimination are commonly considered to be the main challenges for OHS. The aim of the article is to emphasize that protecting the employees from psychosocial factors is not only necessitated by the law, but also is an ethical issue and a part of social responsibility of business. The article presents author's prevention model of psychosocial risk which can be implemented in any enterprises. It also shows examples of good practices of psychosocial risk reduction based on the cases presented in the literature.
Highlights
The data published by the World Health Organization indicates that 52% of world population spends one third of its adult life at work, actively participating in production of goods to meet the needs of the society (WHO, 2008)
The problem is reflected in the reports by European Organizational Safety and Health Agency (EU-OSHA) – the ESENER research proved that despite the fact that 79% of managers in Europe is concerned with the phenomena of stress at work and 40% with violence and mobbing at work, in 74% of European enterprises there are no procedures for solving these issues implemented
Few enterprises solve issues connected with psychosocial risk aspects with holistic approach – the data is disturbing as it is believed that the reason for about 50-60% of all working days lost nowadays are the psychosocial risk factors, and according to available estimates the cost of International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety, 1:1 (2017) 29-38
Summary
The data published by the World Health Organization indicates that 52% of world population spends one third of its adult life at work, actively participating in production of goods to meet the needs of the society (WHO, 2008). The goal of the paper to stress the need of linking psychosocial safety at work to positive goals of a company, i.e. health promotion, efficiency increase or excellence in business. Despite work protection is one of the integral elements of corporate social responsibility concept, employees are usually not regarded as crucial stakeholders. It is disturbing as influence of activities within the field of social responsibility on the level of trust in the organization and the attitudes and behavior of employees was proven by the research results (Rupp et al, 2006; Fukukawa et al, 2007). Conducted activities in the field of social responsibility and dedicated to employees positively affect the degree of their identification with the company and the overall level of commitment to their job (Brammer et al, 2007; Kim et al, 2010; Sadłowska-Wrzesińska and Mościcka-Teske, 2014)
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