Application of the CSR guidelines to improve the working environment

Poznań University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering Management, Chair of Ergonomics and Quality Management, ul. Strzelecka 11, Poznań, Poland

^* Corresponding author: adam.gorny@put.poznan.pl

Abstract

The continuous growth of business organizations is critical for their survival on competitive markets. To ensure such growth, undertakings need to identify areas for improvement and effectively deploy improvement measures with a view to ultimately increasing their company’s value. One key area of improvement are working conditions in the working environment of employees. The assurance of employee-friendly working conditions that translate into working comfort constitutes part and parcel of the effort to facilitate the effective performance of work. Once CSR guidelines are incorporated into the process, the measures gain in effectiveness helping to enhance company value. The article identifies some of the aspects of managing working conditions – on the basis of CSR guidelines – that are vital for corporate performance. More specifically, such aspects include ways to facilitate the performance of occupational tasks by workers.