Responsible Care program, American

Commitments to industiy programs If your company is committed to an industry initiative, such as the American Petroleum Institute s RP750 or the Chemical Manufacturers Association s Responsible Care program, you will want to ensure that you are consistent with the framework used by that program. 

The Responsible Care program of the American Chemistry Council embraces HMACs as one good way to communicate relevant and useful information that responds to public concerns for safety, health, and the environment. However, managers are finding many other ways to interact with the public to achieve a fuller measure of community awareness and involvement in affairs of mutual interest. Among the many options from which a manager may choose are the following ... 

Responsible Care , program developed by the American Chemistry Council, is one of the key drivers of Millennium s achievement of the vision to be the most value-creative chemical company in the world. ... 

Taschler, David R., PE is a business manager at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, PA and an adjunct professor in the Engineering Division at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. He conducted his doctoral research on the Characteristics of Board of Director Members and Corporate Commitment to Sustainable Development at the University of Phoenix. Dr. Taschler is a former Management Verifier for the American Chemistry Council s Responsible Care program and is a member of the AIChE Sustainability Division and the Academy of Management. 

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is the trade association for the U.S. chemical industry and has global influence because of the international nature of the chemical industry. ACC is well known for its Responsible Care program,which is a global initiative established in 1988 focused... 

Obtain information on the American Chemical Society Responsible Care program. Identify which features help assure safe management of dangerous chemicals for workers and for communities. 

American Chemistry Council, Responsible Care program... 

The Responsible Care program is a chemical industry initiative started in 1988. All the members of the American Chemistry Council (about 140 companies) as well as several other industry organizations in the United States and in 50 other countries agree to operate according to this health, safey, and environment code. The details are given on the ACC Web site f http //www.americanchemistry.coml. Its key areas include... 

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER) program provides comprehensive guidelines for the development and implementation of an ERP. The CAER program has been expanded to include all aspects of the chemical industry in an initiative called Responsible Care. 

The chemical industry s major trade association, the American Chemistry Council (ACC), has been implementing a program called Responsible Care for over 15 years. This program is the industry s comprehensive initiative to address environmental, health, and safety (EHS), security, outreach, process safety and... 

In 1984, chemical releases in Bhopal, India, killed between 2,300 and 16,000 people (depending on estimates) and harmed as many as 550,000 others. As a result, the American Chemical Society set up a program called Responsible Care. This program reflects the moral basis for the field of safety and health. The program sets standards that guide producers and users of chemicals in protecting people, property, and the environment. 

I propose a national mental health program to assist in the inauguration of a wholly new emphasis and approach to care for the mentally ill.. . . Government at every level—Federal, State, and local— private foundations and individual citizens must all face up to their responsibilities in this area. We need. .. to return mental health care to the mainstream of American medicine. ... 

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