Unit 6 Health And Social Care Research Paper

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FRAMEWORK IN PLACE Having health, safety and security procedures, an organisation has a framework for making sure that the business environment is a healthy, safe and secure place for everyone. These procedures should clarify who is responsible for what. Care should also be taken to ensure that people are informed and trained in a way that makes a safer environment more achievable. Take a look at the list below and see some key reasons for following health, safety and security procedures. Legal In this Session, you have learned that there are many laws relating to the creation of safe and secure business environments. To comply with the law, an organisation must undertake specific actions and people must follow specified procedures.…show more content…
An organisation’s health, safety and security procedures are created to ensure that people do not come to any harm. If procedures are not followed, people inside or outside the organisation may suffer in some way. For this reason, employers and employees have a moral obligation to do the right thing and follow procedures. In this way, harm may be minimised. Economic.Some of the main economic consequences for failing to follow appropriate health, safety and security procedures include: Fines for breaking the law Key business processes or the whole organisation being shut down due to problems Compensation payments to staff, customers or others Increased costs of trying to attract and keep good quality staff in an organisation where harm has occurred Loss of customers who are aware of the health, safety or security problems of an organisation. If a worker in a factory has an accident, the factory may be fined, closed until things are put right and could even lose customers. These are all economic consequences of not following procedures. By following procedures correctly, an organisation shows that the wellbeing of staff, customers and others is important. This is a very positive message and it may also have long term economic

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