The British law provides a detailed framework for the legal relationship between the organizational entity and its various stakeholders. The business entity has a very wide span of influence, and its organizational activities impact various diverse groups of people. Although majority of the organizations themselves have to abide by certain legal frameworks, there can still exist several dilemmas that have to be settled in the external courts. The general rules and policies of the organizational; setup are not adequate top deal with these dilemmas, and in certain cases a conflict of interest might even exist. The organization might be encouraged to safeguard its own long term interest from the threat of litigation or heavy expenses.
The organization must also seek to attain the aid of the legal system, so as to protect itself from the claims of the internal and external stakeholders. It is not always the case that only the external stakeholders of the company are motivated to seek a legal claim against its actions, the employees of the company can even seek legal reparation. As per the various provisions of the British laws, the business sector has a responsibility towards all of its impacted stakeholders to operate within certain legal limits. In terms of the employees, the organizational entity has to ensure that the work force is provided the basic safety and health measures. The employees within the company have the right to work in an organizational environment where they do not face the threat of physical or mental safety risks. Such threats can have a detrimental impact in the health of the employees, and among other things will impact the quality of their organizational contributions. The work related injuries can have a very complex and comprehensive negative impact in the lives of the employees, where the entire balance of their normal lives can be drastically altered. The employees may experience form long term impacts of the work related injuries, and the appropriate repercussion can take place on a later stage of their lives. Hence judging the impact of the work related inquiries on the lives of the employees, the legal system has made several provisions which safeguard the work force rights in the organizational setup. Also keeping the extent of the negative repercussions caused in the lives of the employees the organizational sector must also seek to establish the appropriate institutions within the organization, to protect the employees from the physical and psychological safety risks.
In the event the policies and the organizational measures are unable to protect the employees form the health risks, the organizations must deal with the dilemmas on an individual and objective basis. The human resource is one of the most important assets of the company, and has a direct involvement in the long term, financial sustainability of the organizational entity. Hence the organizations must themselves seek to protect and develop this resource and provide them with their basic safety and health related rights. However the employees do not have to ...