Unit 9

Question 1

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Answer 1

US federal agency with a mission to protect human health and the environment

Question 2

Ergonomics

Answer 2

The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and efficiently.

Question 3

Virtual team

Answer 3

A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electric forms of communication to work together on accomplishing goals.

Question 4

Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Answer 4

A government organization whose mission is to assure the safety and health of America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.

Question 5

Ethics

Answer 5

The moral principles governing or influencing conduct

Question 6

Norms

Answer 6

Principles of right action, binding uponthe members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior.