Internationalizing Health and Safety Management Education in Africa – A DelPHE Project

1. Internationalizing Health and Safety Management Education in Africa – A DelPHE Project Dr. Aditya Jain Business School University of Nottingham United Kingdom

2. Outline • Project Aims • Project Context • Internal Dimension of CSR • Global Initiatives for responsible business practices • ECI and Occupational Health and Safety • Stakeholders in Occupational Health and Safety • Key activities • Beneficiaries • Way forward

3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Occupational Health and Safety: a potent contrivance to achieve the Millennium Development Goals • Demonstrate the role of CSR in the promotion of OHS and build capacities by raising awareness and delivering training. • Explore the organisational cultures and leadership which facilitates CSR and particularly paying attention to OSH issues. • Establish the case for Occupational Health and Safety and clarify its link with the Millennium Development Goals.

4. WHO Healthy Workplaces Framework

5. Is CSR clearly understood • Over the decades, numerous definitions of CSR have been proposed. • The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2000) pointed out that there were differences in the meaning of CSR from one country to another ranging from environmental concerns to empowering local communities. • CSR is an umbrella term - various definitions have a commonality of themes in the context of various stakeholders, ethics, employee issues, environment, governance and policy

6. Global initiatives for CSR • UN Global Compact • Global Reporting Initiative • SA8000 • ISO 260000 • OECD Codes of Corporate Conduct • Amnesty International’s Human Rights Guidelines for Companies • Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index • Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code • FTSE4Good Selection Criteria • Global Sullivan Principles

7. Internal dimension of CSR • The internal dimension of CSR policies covers socially responsible practices concerning employees, relating to their safety and health, investing in human capital, managing change and financial control • Recent Occupational health and safety promotion strategies by International Agencies have attempted to link OHS with CSR, establishing a business case of strategic importance for organisations

8. Workers’ Health and CSR • Safety and health initiatives that go beyond traditional OHS issues and have either an implicit or explicit relationship with CSR: • Raising awareness, awards and ethical initiatives; • Exchange of knowledge: best practice, networks, pilot projects, and guidelines; • Standardisation and certification; • Reporting (external) and communication; • Innovative partnerships NGOs, public and private; • Ethical trade initiatives (‘fair trade’); • Financial sector involvement / financial incentives.

9. Stakeholders in OHS • CSR requires a good balance between communication with and involvement of external and internal stakeholders • CSR practising companies have a clear interest in health and safety at work. Poor standards in health and safety can damage their image, which would therefore pose a direct threat to the value of the CSR effort and the continuity of their businesses. • Furthermore, they are often involved in social accountability, taking responsibility for the impact of their business activities via suppliers, and developing countries.

10. Traditional and new stakeholders • Trade unions • Employer organisations • Government agencies • Researchers and academics • OHS services • Social security agencies • Health insurers • Families/partners • (Mental) health care institutions • Customers/clients • Shareholders • NGOs • Communities • Business Schools and Universities • Employment agencies • Human Resource departments and officers • Media • Actors of (in) the judiciary system • Business consultants

11. Key activities - Oct 2009 – Oct 2012 Partners’ meeting – Kick-off meeting and seminar in Nottingham, UK: November 2009. Second Partners’ meeting and first workshop- Accra, Ghana: 01 – 03 Dec 2010 Third Partners’ meeting and second workshop – Dar es Salam, Tanzania: 06-08 Dec 2011 Final Partners’ meeting and dissemination conference in Accra, Ghana: September 2012

12. Key outputs New courses /modules developed Staff training workshops Guidance and practical tools Scientific publications

13. Key beneficiaries Higher Education Institutions – students and academics Managers - both current and future Occupational Health and Safety Practitioners

14. Sustainability and future plans The activities at companies are self sustaining due to the ingenuity and voluntary nature of the CSR approach. Once the training material has been incorporated into existing curriculum it be updated periodically with other course material. Funding for extension of project (ESRC-DFID) Support by institutional stakeholders

15. Key Successes Response from Academia and Industry New partnerships and collaborations Involvement of stakeholders Increased sharing of knowledge Potential for long term impact

16. Need for new thinking and partnerships Thank you !!! Aditya.Jain@nottingham.ac.uk