Regulating Workplace Safety: System and Sanctions
This book addresses the question: how can law influence the internal self-regulation of organizations in order to make them more responsive to occupational health and safety concerns? It argues for a two track system of regulation under which enterprises are offered a choice between a continuation of traditional forms of regulation and the adoption of a safety management system-based approach on the other.
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This book addresses the question: how can law influence the internal self-regulation of organizations in order to make them more responsive to occupational health and safety concerns? It argues for a two track system of regulation under which enterprises are offered a choice between a continuation of traditional forms of regulation and the adoption of a safety management system-based approach on the other.
Table of AbbreviationsTable of Statutes and ConventionsTable of CasesCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2From Compliance to Best Practice in OHS: The Roles of Specification, Performance, and Systems-Based Standards22Ch. 3Towards a Systems-Based Approach: Voluntarism, Legislation, or Incentives?68Ch. 4Two Paths to Enlightenment: A Two-Track Approach to Regulation104Ch. 5From Adversarialism to Partnership: Track Two Regulation141Ch. 6The Top of the Enforcement Pyramid: Rethinking the Place of Criminal Sanctions in OHS Regulation183Ch. 7Bigger Sticks: Tougher and more Flexible Sanctions for OHS Offenders255Ch. 8Conclusion: Recommendations for Reform308AppThe Legal, Institutional, and Industrial Relations Environment Governing OHS in the USA, the UK, Sweden, Denmark, and Australia341Selected Bibliography393Index419
