A speaker at a recent international occupational health and safety conference suggested that in five years all of what we do, including health and safety, workers’ compensation, environmental compliance, and labour standards will all be known as management of corporate social responsibility.

Whether OHS professionals will be merged into corporate social responsibility managers, remains to be seen. Corporate social responsibility is growing in momentum, and it is critical for the growth and even survival of OHS professionals to become more familiar with corporate social responsibility.