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1. Economic evaluation: a necessity and a matter of course
The main purpose of a company is to make a profit. Since an investment in prevention represents a cost, it's important to understand what motivates the company to make this investment.
Prevention is primarily perceived as a cost, regulatory constraints cannot solve everything, and intangible and future benefits are perceived as too uncertain, except for large companies.
Finally, an economic evaluation of preventive actions is becoming a real necessity: studies are multiplying, but companies are waiting for concrete, on-the-ground analyses.
We will only be dealing here with the economic evaluation of occupational risk prevention initiatives, to the exclusion of initiatives concerning health risks such as prevalent pathologies (cancers, cardiovascular diseases, etc.), which...
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Bibliography
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http://blogs.carsat-am.fr/cout-accident/index.php
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https://www.anact.fr/outil/analyser-ses-donnees-sociales
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Council Directive of June 12, 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (89/391/EEC).
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