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Got no respect? Examine policies and attitudes.(Letters/At Your Risk)

By Marshall, Anthony
Publication: Hotel & Motel Management
Date: Monday, March 7 2005

I tell ya, I don't get no respect," Rodney Dangerfield whines in trademark fashion. The bug-eyed comedian died last year at 82, but I'll always remember him for one shining trait: He turned a spotlight on respect. Experts in risk management and safety unanimously agree that the the abundance or absence of respect has a lot to do with the frequency and severity of hotel accidents. Hotel risk-management programs that earn employee respect work; those that don't invariably fail.

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