AVALIAÇÃO DOS PROGRAMAS DE GESTÃO AMBIENTAL A LUZ DA PERCEPÇÃO DOS TRABALHADORES

Abstract

The research paper approaches the relationship between the projects of environmental administration in organizations and the perception of the workers about them. It is a descriptive and exploratory research paper, carried out in two industries in Goiânia, with implanted Programs of Environmental Administration. The purpose of the research was to collect data about motives, functioning, and the administration of programs of environmental administration, and verify the perception of the workers about them. Documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews were used in an intentional sample of 12 workers. The data were analyzed by the technique of Graphic Analysis of the Discourse, by Lane (1985). The results indicate distinct motives and differing forms of dealing with the environmental issue in the organizations studied. For Organization A, the involvement with the environmental issue, the investments in sensitization/implantation of the Program showed itself to be jeopardized by the key administrators, while for Organization B the motives aimed more toward complying with the legislation, as well as having little investment for its sensitization/implantation. In Organization A, the workers stated that they were familiar with the program and had received training in order to adjust to the activities that had been altered. From their point of view, the Environmental Administration Program works well. Now, in Organization B, the data show that the Environmental Administration Program did not cause changes in the work environment; there is a lack of understanding of how it works; and moreover, from the point of view of some of the workers, the Organization developed the Program in order to comply with the environmental legislation. From the workers viewpoint Organization A developed changes in all of the processes and these became controlled. Now, in Organization B, the processes that created effluents from the industry were controlled and the Effluent Treatmemt Estation was created. The discussion highlights the possibilities of sensitizing and implanting in order to obtain greater adhesion.