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AIHS BoK Chapter of Ethics

Psychosocial Safety, Following-Leading in Risk

February 4, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

We released the book Following-Leading in Risk, A Humanising Dynamic in 2014. For free download here: https://www.humandymensions.com/product/following-leading-risk/ The book provides many positive and practical tools and guides for how to approach Psychosocial Safety in the workplace. The … [Read more...] about Psychosocial Safety, Following-Leading in Risk

Filed Under: Ethics, Psychosocial Safety, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter of Ethics, Following-Leading in Risk

How to Leave the Safety Industry

January 13, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 9 Comments

Related Post: I'm Just Not That Into Safety Anymore I regularly get contacts from people who want to leave the safety industry and don’t know how. Most often these people enter the industry with a passion for care and helping others. They often have a passion for learning. It doesn’t take long … [Read more...] about How to Leave the Safety Industry

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter of Ethics, checklists

SPoR and Disposing of Bad Myths

September 11, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Continuing our series on Safety Myths – see them all here The power of a myth is its symbolic exchange for an outcome. Myth in itself is not bad, it depends on the purpose and ethic of the myth. The same with ritual. The first question we need to ask when it comes to myth and ritual in safety is: … [Read more...] about SPoR and Disposing of Bad Myths

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Safety Myths, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter of Ethics

Moral Fundamentalism in Safety

August 26, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The worst feature of the AIHS BoK Chapter on Ethics is moral fundamentalism. Whilst the silences in the Chapter on personhood, care, power and helping are damming, what stands out most is a foundational encouragement for moral fundamentalism. This is assisted by blending the meaning of morality and … [Read more...] about Moral Fundamentalism in Safety

Filed Under: CLLR, Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter of Ethics, morality

Nothing is Learned Through Brutalism

August 21, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

I’m not a mad footy fan of any of the codes but as my home town is Adelaide, I took note of this story: Eddie Betts and the shameful legacy of the Crows’ camp , and it has a message for Safety. There is a popular myth in organisations (https://safetyrisk.net/posture-myths-and-holistic-ergonomics/) … [Read more...] about Nothing is Learned Through Brutalism

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