title: [The health and welfare of migrant workers as a factor in business competitiveness].
abstract: The role of the enterprises in tackling the immigration theme was significant in the last few years, though within a context of tensions, necessity of flexible approaches, and swaying feelings. However, the world of the entrepreneurs has certainly contributed to the promotion of quality of life and to the process of integration, through a few actions, such as education, the use of mediators for culture, cooperation with projects aimed at family conjunctions, regularizations, code of ethics. The acknowledgement that the immigrant workers is more prone to acquire health and safety culture is a step forward, as well as the co-existence of cultures is per se a positive factor toward behavioral changes. An industrial policy favoring work for itself, equity and merit, while creating moments of encounter, certainly facilitates good organization and integration, and delineates pathways for responsibility for immigrant workers as well. The occupational plant physician can proactively play a fundamental role for safety and health promotion for immigrant workers, considering the special relationship based on trust and the moments of encounter within the workplace, clear occasion "to treat every patient with the same care and diligence, regardless of ethnicity, religion, nationality, social condition", as the Hyppocrates oath states.
authors.affiliation: Icro Coatings S.p.a., Chignolo d'Isola (BG), Italy. andrea.moltrasio@icro.it
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authors.lastname: Moltrasio
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000941:ethics; D010819:Physician's Role; D011788:Quality of Life; D012449:Safety; D012946:Social Welfare; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D017132:Workplace