Some care, little responsibility? Promoting directors'and managers' legal accountability for Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace Wheelwright, Karen 2005, Some care, little responsibility? Promoting directors'and managers' legal accountability for Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace, Deakin law review, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 470-497. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Some care, little responsibility? Promoting directors'and managers' legal accountability for Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace Author(s) Wheelwright, Karen Journal name Deakin law review Volume number 10 Issue number 2 Start page 470 End page 497 Publisher Deakin University Place of publication Burwood, Vic. Publication date 2005 ISSN 1321-3660 Summary Health and safety at work remains a serious and under-recognised problem in Australia. This paper argues for the importance of increasing the individual responsibility and accountability of senior managers and directors of corporations for the development and maintenance of occupational health and safety (OHS) standards in the workplace. In order to do so, the paper first sets out the range of statutory and general law duties and liabilities to which directors and senior managers are subject, considers to what extent these obligations have relevance in the OHS area and argues for the extension of these duties and liabilities in some circumstances. The paper then goes on to argue for a better legislative model for the legal responsibility of managers and officers, supported by the increased prosecution of individuals in appropriate circumstances, as well as acknowledging the benefits of a broader range of non-legal strategies to improve board level commitment to OHS that will influence corporate compliance overall. Language eng Field of Research 180118 Labour Law HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003261 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law Law Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:48:01 EST Mon, 11 Jan 2010, 14:59:00 EST Mon, 11 Jan 2010, 15:01:21 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 09:09:23 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 429 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:48:01 EST

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