E4a’s Workplace Standards

  1. Safe working and safety practices. Safety is of paramount importance in the workplace. Many hazards are common to all workplace environments, and will require the same protection levels regardless of where a person works. Clean and neat workplaces ensure higher safety levels.

  2. Care of assets. All assets of your organization are valuable to the execution of your work, even if they are not under your immediate supervision or use.
    Tools must also be handled with care and maintained in good working order. Care must be taken to stow away tools at end of each day. Small malfunctions can lead to major production faults.

  3. Efficiency. Organizations require their staff to maintain a certain level of efficiency to avoid significant costs resulting from lost productivity and to meet certain deadlines from customers or others. It is appropriate to consider your efficiency and output and make recommendations for improvements.

  4. Accuracy. Accuracy is also an important performance standard. Inaccurate information whether in written form or in verbal form can lead to accidents, failures and costly rework. Accuracy of numbers or dimensions is most important for correct and safe operations.
    The importance of accuracy extends to chemical names which if used incorrectly can have very serious outcomes. For example sodium chloride (common salt) and sodium chlorite sound strangely similar but are worlds apart in terms of risks and hazards.

  5. Punctuality. Virtually any industry in any part in the world values punctuality in employees. Tardiness not only decreases an individual’s productivity; it interferes with the productivity of colleagues who work collaboratively with the individual. It also negatively affects clients and business partners. Punctuality is also important for employees who don’t have set work hours, as they still need to adhere to project deadlines.

  6. Attitude and Behaviour. All employees must adhere to certain standards when it comes to their attitude and behavior in the workplace. Almost all positions require professionalism, courtesy and the ability to work as a team. These basic qualities minimize the risk of personal conflicts arising in the workplace, which decrease productivity, as well as conflict with the public, which could result in a loss of clients or strategic partners. E4A provides guidelines on professionalism in this section.