8.6. Summary
As an HR function, Risk Management identifies, assesses, manages, and reviews people-related organizational risks related to legal compliance, safety and health, security, business continuity, and workplace privacy. A number of tools are available for assessing and managing risk, such as HR audits, workplace investigations, and plans such as safety and health management plans that provide guidance for workplace hazards. Occupational health and safety has been a source of concern to workers and physicians for centuries, but until relatively recently, employers were not required to protect workers from dangerous environments and were rarely held accountable when death, injury, or illness occurred as a result of hazards in the businesses ...
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