Assignment task: You say that making all of these modifications to our workstations and implementing these new procedures will make us more competitive. How? These workstation modifications are expensive, and it seems to me that some of these procedures will just slow down production." This wasn't the first time that Garner Baxter, an independent safety and health consultant, had been asked to explain the strategic advantages of a safe and healthy workplace. Can the quality of the work environment really make an organization more competitive?