Xavier partners with NIOSH on health and safety program

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Williams College of
Business of Xavier University are partnering to increase awareness of the role that occupational safety and health considerations play in corporate strategy and planning. NIOSH and the Williams College of Business will seek opportunities for "developing an improved understanding of the return on investment in occupational safety and health relating productivity to healthy workers," says an agreement signed by the two parties.

The two, along with the National Safety Council, are developing an MBA course on the "Business Value of Safety and Health," scheduled to be offered in spring 2009.  It will focus on how business can use occupational safety and health improvements and initiatives for long-term planning, operations management, and other decision-making.  "Corporate social responsibility is an important aspect of our mission," says Raghu Tadepalli, dean of the Graduate School of Business at Xavier. "Our goal is to train students to view health and safety as business investments and to demonstrate the return on investment on them."

Writer: David Holthaus
Source: Laurel Bauer,  Xavier University