title: Exploring work-related issues on corporate sustainability.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In a research project about work-related issues and corporate sustainability conducted in Brazil, the goal was to better understand how work-related issues were addressed in the corporate context. Particularly, there are some specific initiatives that serve as guides to organizational decisions, which make their performance indicators for the context of corporate sustainability.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  1) To explore the presence of work-related issues and their origins in corporate sustainability approach, analyzing a) corporate disclosures; b) sustainability guidelines that are identified as relevant in corporate disclosures; c) documents that are related to sustainable development and also identified as key-documents for these guidelines and initiatives. 2) To present the activity-centered ergonomics and psychodynamics of work contributions to work-related issues in a corporate sustainability approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory study based on multiple sources of evidence that were performed from 2012 to 2013, including interviews with companies that engaged in corporate sustainability and document analysis using the content analysis approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Work-related issues have been presented since the earliest sustainable development documents. It is feasible to construct an empirical framework for work-related issues and corporate sustainability approaches.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1) Although some authors argue that corporate sustainability has its roots based only on the environmental dimension, there is strong empirical evidence showing that social dimension aspects such as work-related issues have been present since the beginning. 2) Some indicators should be redesigned to more precisely translate the reality of some workplaces, particularly those indicators related to organizational design and mental health.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brunoro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bolis
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Sznelwar
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D030881:Disclosure; D006804:Ergonomics; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016134:Organizational Policy; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Sustainable development; activity-centered ergonomics; corporate sustainability; labor practices; psychodynamics of work; working conditions