Protecting Our Most Valuable Asset, Paperback

The ability to identify and address workplace hazards is easier than ever. Yet with all our knowledge on how to prevent worker injuries, fatalities, and property damage, substantial loss related to workplace safety continues to occur.

Protecting Our Most Valuable Asset is the leadership book that will change the way you keep your workers safe. With this book that can impact the way organizational leaders view workplace safety, you will learn how to incorporate safety into everyday operations.

Written with clarity and expertise, this peer-reviewed book provides a short story that illustrates workplace safety realities and seven key principles of a safer work environment. These easy-to-follow insights will help you develop and implement a safety management system and break through any organizational barriers that may hold you back.

Workplace safety should be an operational value. However, the daily implementation of this philosophy can be a bit more complicated, which is where this book comes in. Through both perceptive anecdotes and concrete advice, you will quickly begin to identify the ways in which your work environment could improve.

With the advancements in workplace safety improving every day, why not make sure your leadership skills are advancing right alongside them?

E. Scott Dunlap holds a masters degree in Loss Prevention and Safety from Eastern Kentucky University and a doctoral degree in Higher and Adult Education from the University of Memphis and is a board-certified safety professional (CSP). He worked as a safety professional in government and industry for more than fourteen years before going on to teach in the graduate Safety, Security, and Emergency Management program at Eastern Kentucky University.

Throughout his career, he led efforts that resulted in continuous safety performance improvement for organizations such as Nike, Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, and AutoZone.

Dr. Dunlap has spoken at regional and national conferences on occupational safety issues. He is the author of twelve articles, three books, and one book chapter on occupational safety issues.