All employees, management and front-line alike, should have a voice in the workplace and share the burdens and benefits of good times and bad. A number of innovative structures and programs strengthen these roles for workers. Opportunities to share in the good times can be had through profit sharing programs, employee stock ownership plans or bonus incentives. And if companies are forces to shed units and workers to stay in business, the responsible ones offer alternatives to soften the blow, such as outplacement services, severance payments and new training. Safe and Secure Workplace.
Employers are responsible for protecting the health and safety of their employees in the workplace.
This is most effectively met through management commitment and employee involvement. One important measure of corporate responsibility is the use of downsizing, or layoffs. A series of studies have indicated that the majority of corporate downsizings fail to have a positive long term impact on the corporation's bottom line. In spite of the strong evidence against their benefit, downsizings continue to be used often by corporate CEOs, who ignore the devastating effect on the workers and families who are downsized.