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020			_a0-87546-186-7 (alk. paper)
082			_21992 _aDC 363.11962 _bW82w
100			_921251 _aWokutch, Richard E.
245			_aWorker protection, Japanese style : _boccupational safety and health in the auto industry / _cRichard E. Wokutch.
260			_aIthaca, N.Y. : _bILR Press, _cc1992.
300			_axiv, 263 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
440			_921252 _aCornell international industrial and labor relations reports ; no. 21.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Introduction -- 2. The Environmental Context for Occupational Safety and Health Activities in Japan -- 3. The Safety and Health System in Japan -- 4. Occupational Safety and Health at Jidosha -- 5. Occupational Safety and Health at Jidosha USA -- 6. Work Injury and Illness Experiences in the United States and Japan -- 7. Conclusions and Recommendations
520			_aCrucially important to both the United States and Japan, the automotive industry has served as a bellwether of national economic and social trends. Richard Wokutch compares the regulation and management of worker safety and health in the two countries and, more specifically, analyzes a Japanese automotive firm's operations in the United States. His research provides a concrete issue around which the Japanese conceptualization of corporate social responsibility can be examined. Regulation and management reflect some fundamental differences between Japan and the United States. Relations among management, labor, and government in addressing occupational safety and health are highly cooperative and nonadversarial in Japan, in sharp contrast to the situation in the United States. The Japanese use a behavioral approach to safety and health, relying on workers to follow certain rules for their own protection. Americans, however, depend on what Wokutch describes as an engineering approach, making machines and work sites as hazard-proof as possible. Japan's management practices and government policies have become objects of fascination in the West. Wokutch's careful analysis of occupational safety and health provides a lens through which those practices and policies may be focused. His book will interest those concerned with occupational safety and health and with the automotive industry, but also those who are eager to understand how some of the most effective national and corporate practices might be adapted cross-nationally.
650		0	_921254 _aAutomobile industry and trade -- Japan -- Safety measures.
650		0	_921255 _aAutomobile industry workers -- Health and hygiene -- Japan.
650		0	_921256 _aAutomobile industry and trade -- United States -- Safety measures.
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