In 2002, Paul O'Neill, then employed as the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, traveled with Bono, of U2, to sub-Saharan Africa as part of a four-nation tour. While resistant to meet with Bono for more than a half-hour, Bono was able to convince O'Neill in their initial meeting that the trip to Africa would allow him to see what U.S. government programs worked if he were to support sending more money to Africa.

Earlier in his career, O'Neill served as the CEO of Alcoa, otherwise known as the "aluminum company of America," from 1987 through 2000, when he was recruited to serve the administration of President George Bush as Treasury Secretary. According to his obituary in the New York Times, when he died in 2020

(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/politics/paul-oneill-dead.html),

O'Neill's "biggest career success was at Alcoa, which had suffered after making a series of poor acquisitions before he joined as chief executive in 1987. When he retired in 2000, the company's revenues had nearly tripled, and its stock that year was the best performer on the New York Stock Exchange.....His tenure began with what was....called "management havoc" discharging many top executives and revamping operations. At the same time, he won praise for improving worker safety and labor relations, increasing productivity and fostering an egalitarian open-door policy with his employees."

The 13-minute video at this link,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC2ucDs_XJY, provides a summary of O'Neill's efforts to improve work place safety within Alcoa.

The 34-minute video at this link,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htLCVqaLBvo, is an excerpt of a 2009 address by O'Neill to an audience of healthcare executives.

Learn more about O'Neill's safety efforts within Alcoa in the interview at this link, https://hsi.com/blog/3-questions-after-the-greatest-safety-speech-ever-given

, as well as the article at this link,

https://davidburkus.com/2020/04/how-paul-oneill-fought-for-safety-at-alcoa/

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QUESTION 1 - Upon review of these references, share a memorable example, positive or negative, of your experience with workplace safety, either as an employee or observer of employees:

QUESTION 2 - Upon review of these references, list 5 ways in which O'Neill's approach to improving worker safety within Alcoa differs from how the CEO of a Me Organization would initiate efforts to improve worker safety:

Difference #1: Difference #2: Difference #3: Difference #4: Difference #5:

QUESTION 3 - Upon review of these references, list 5 reasons why O'Neill's approach to improving worker safety within Alcoa is likely to be successful in a We Organization:

Reason #1: Reason #2: Reason #3:

Reason #4: Reason #5: