Document O3EJv8Xjz3RMqyzyGE3wo4aGK
FILE NAME Manville JMA
DATE 1974 DOC JMA224
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - M Corporate Conscience
with BC Notes
7/5/98
M Corporate Conscience 1974
M forms higher profile corporate involvement in worker and environmental protection hiring Kotin as VP and renaming Jack Solon from VP to Public Relations to VP Environmental Relations Solon was top management chief of defending asbestos innocence or at least M's Only M document I've seen using words corporate conscience
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HEALTH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
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September 13 1974
ORGANIZATION
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Effective
Immediately
Concern for environmental problems of air pollution water pol|
lution and solid waste disposal is growing at a rapid pace
Concern for the problems of health and and in the use of consumer products is
safety in the work place
also increasing These
mani arf e e mans ifet st in the continuing discussions by the public
at large through consumer and environmental groups by labor
organizations by government agencies and by corporate manage-
ment about the quality of what it means and how it is to
he maintained All this is finding expression in increasing govern-
ment efforts in criteria development monitoring and surveillance
and standard setting in the health safety and environment areas
In order to be
in recognition the Department
more responsive to the needs of our employees and
of La
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B^ N orC responsibility
of Health Safety and Environment has been estab-
lished Paul Kotin M.D. serves as Vice President and various
health safety industrial hygiene community environmental control
and environmental public relations functions that have been scattered in several responsibilities are now being brought
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in this single department
together
Health Safety and Environment is divided into three major areas
1. Medical Director The functions of this position en-
compass those usually associated with the office of a corporate
medical director having responsibility for the administration of
employee health programs at all company locations is vacant at present and Dr. Kotin is temporarily
The position acting in this
capacity
2. Director Environmental Safety and Quality This
responsibility includes the establishment of standards throughout
the company for safety health and housecleaning and for monitoring surveillanc aned data gathering as a basis for recommendation
and response Environmental Safety and Quality is an action pro-
gram oriented to site facility process procedure and work
practice related to environment William B. Reitze has been
appointed Director Reporting to him are the Manager Occupational _ Environmental Control G. L. Swallow the Community
Environmental Control J. N. Siegfried Manager Safety vacant
will and Manager Workers Compensation vacant W. B. Reitz ---e --
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3. Vice PresidentEnvironmental Relations F. J. Solon
Jr. continues in this function which is primarily one of and
communication intra- and organization communication
notification and
intelligence Environmental Relations is distinguished from
Environmental Safety and
in that it is a compiler
Quality disseminator and expediter of information in the areas of
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Reporting to the Vice President Environmental
Relations are the Director Technical
E. M. Fenner
Affairs the Director Government Affairs R. C. Carter and the
and . Director Communications , WCooper C.
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