A session on Wednesday afternoon at ASSE’s Safety 2013 promotes itself stating: “Most workplaces are like a mini United Nations. People from different cultures bring a range of values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can challenge and impede your S, H & E efforts. “Managing Diversity for Safety, Health & Environmental Excellence” is presented by Luis F. Gonzalez, Topf Initiatives, Wayne, PA.
On a global scale workforce diversity can take on a different meaning than something that might “impede” your safety, health and environment efforts. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is addressing “the big picture” of working conditions and hazards faced by an ever-more-mobile workforce crossing borders around the world.