502 - Sustainability, Ethics and OEM - Patterson Lecture
Monday, April 28, 2025
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
Claim 1.00 CME
The Patterson Lecture is dedicated to ethics in OEM and this year’s AOHS is devoted to sustainability, which formally stated is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” (Brundtland Commission) How do these broad themes intersect? OEM is an integral part of sustainability because it supports the workplace as a sustainable environment, workers as a sustainable (healthy and productive) resource, and sustainable communities for all. Sustainability in enterprises is tracked by an accounting system tracking financial, environmental, and social outcomes called the “triple bottom line,” although this has been disputed. OEM already plays an important but underappreciated and poorly documented role in each account. Our role is critical to sustainability and we serve best by doing what we do well, based on evidence, and attentive to “minute particulars”.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the business case for sustainability and the challenges faced by the US (and other OECD countries).
Describe the “triple bottom line” (account) system for reporting sustainability, its strengths compared to ESG, and why it is deficient in health issues
Describe how oem contributes to sustainability, using the three accounts as a framework.
Provide a framework for articulating values within JEDI and introduce “JEDI + C”.
Explain why “C” (excellence in what we do day to day) is paramount to our mission.
