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Integrating Management Systems and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
Author(s) -
Gunningham Neil
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of law and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.263
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1467-6478
pISSN - 0263-323X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6478.00122
Subject(s) - benchmarking , persuasion , coercion (linguistics) , incentive , order (exchange) , occupational safety and health , business , control (management) , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , public relations , law and economics , political science , law , economics , management , marketing , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , finance , microeconomics
‘Best practice’ in occupational health and safety (OHS) performance needs to recognize the declining emphasis that is being placed on the capacity of the regulatory state. This article argues that there are more appropriate forms of OHS regulation than direct command and control. The development of a systems‐based approach acknowledges the importance of continuous improvement, benchmarking, and internal self‐regulation. In order to encourage a systems‐based approach, it is suggested that some form of persuasion by coercion by means of law remains a necessary condition for the establishment of an incentive‐based ‘voluntary’ regime.