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Johns Hopkins Carey Business School: Organizational Objectives and Employee Health
October 24, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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What responsibility do employers have to the health and well-being of their employees? This question has grown in importance with COVID-19, especially as the workplace has expanded to include working from home. American businesses have long offered workplace and employee wellness programs, but evidence of improving, maintaining, and fostering health is limited. On the one hand, employees are demanding more and better resources for health promotion, particularly with respect to mental health. On the other hand, human resource departments are traditionally viewed as a cost center, and the incentives to promote health from a business perspective are murky. Do businesses have an ethical obligation to promote a healthy workforce? Are there instances in which the profit motive and employee health align? What is the ROI on workplace wellness programs? Does evidence of ROI incite organizations to act?