Ethics for Safety Professionals

A three unit course on ethics directed to safety professionals.

Created byDon MacFadgen

Last updated 1/2013

English

What you'll learn

In this course, students will gain a working knowledge of the ABIH Code of Ethics.
Students will be presented with ethical issues and challenges encountered by safety professionals.
In this course, students will complete assignments that identify potential courses of action to resolve ethical dilemmas.

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 30m total length

Introduction To Ethics For Safety Professional 1:14
Ethics for Safety Professionals Course Objectives

Ensure safety professionals are aware of applicable Code of Ethics

Present common ethical issues and challenges encountered by safety professionals

Discuss potential courses of action to resolve ethical dilemmas

Course introduction video
Introduction and Course Outline2:16
Introduction For safety professionals, ethical dilemmas can present significant professional and personal challenges. Most, if not all, safety professionals are attracted to the profession by a strong desire to protect the health and safety of people. Given the potential adverse health consequence…
Recognizing Ethical Issues for Safety Professionals 7:30
Unit 1: Recognizing Ethical Issues for Safety Professionals “ Relativity applies to physics, not ethics ” Albert Einstein Introduction Ethical issues are often simply considered as ‘right versus wrong’ issues. No doubt, many ethical issues are simple to discern and the ethical decision obvious. Mor…
Evaluating Ethical Issues - Applications of Codes of Ethics7:11
Unit 2: Evaluating Ethical Issues - Applications of Codes of Ethics "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." Mark Twain Ethical decision making involve an individual’s core values. Ethical principles can be arranged according to thre…
Control - Resolving ethical conflicts5:14
Unit 3: Control - Resolving ethical conflicts “ It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare .” Mark Twain Ethical codes are merely philosophical exercises unless they are followed. Ethical behaviour requires that ethical lapses are recogn…
Summary1:00
Ethics for Safety Professionals Course Summary
Assignments in MS Word format
Unit assignments in MS Word format.
Assignments in PDF format2:00

Requirements

Willingness to learn about ethical issues related to the health and safety profession.

Description

Course objectives:

Ensure safety professionals are aware of applicable Codes of Ethics
Present common ethical issues and challenges encountered by safety professionals
Discuss potential courses of action to resolve ethical dilemmas

Course qualifies for 0.5 IH Ethics ABIH CM Points (Approval number 11-4016) and 0.5 CRBOH Registration Maintenance Points (Award # 2012-73).

Course is approximately 3 hours long and involves students working through a series of exercises involving health and safety related ethical issues.

To obtain a certificate for the course, students are required to submit the completed assignments.

Who this course is for:

Safety Professionals
Industrial Hygienists
Occupational Hygienists