Listening, Learning, Helping and Caring about Risk I was with a group of managers yesterday and as I often do asked them to list the words they associate with safety. We brainstorm in teams for a bit and then once each team has 10 words we put them in rank order from most important to least … [Read more...] about Listening, Learning, Helping and Caring about Risk
AIHS BoK on Ethics
The Enemy of Safety – Humans
Read the AIHS Promo here: AIHS promo In the good tradition of insane propositions from Safety sponsored by the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS), we have the clanger for all seasons - Humans are a ‘hazard’. Just think critically about this proposition (which Safety never does) and … [Read more...] about The Enemy of Safety – Humans
Poetics of the Self
When it comes to risk and safety, method is critical. Brutalizing and dehumanizing people to get a safety outcome doesn’t work (https://www.humandymensions.com/product/it-works-a-new-approach-to-risk-and-safety/ ). The best way to ensure a humanizing outcome in safety is to move away from zero, … [Read more...] about Poetics of the Self
Culture Silences in Safety – Critical Thinking
Often when Safety make noise about something it’s often about its opposite, such is the code of safety (https://safetyrisk.net/deciphering-safety-code/ ) or like saying something is ‘different’ when it isn’t.When we hear Safety speak about critical thinking, it is not reference to critical thinking. … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Critical Thinking
The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey
The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - Vision Zero Survey If you want to know what Safety believes and knows just listen to its noise and silences, especially in how it surveys. For the critical thinker, the silences are the most revealing. Global Safety-Zero is now preparing for … [Read more...] about The 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Vision Zero Survey
SPC and the Mandating Vaccines for Safety
SPC and the Mandating Vaccines for Safety The purpose of the WHS Act is to ensure a safe workplace. The Act states: Part 1, Division 1.2: 3 Object 1.(a) protecting workers and other persons against harm to their health, safety and welfare through the elimination or minimisation of risks arising … [Read more...] about SPC and the Mandating Vaccines for Safety
The Psychology of Blaming in Safety
The Psychology of Blaming in Safety There are several dispositions that foster blaming: An indifference to the plight of others (lack of empathy) Narcissism Sociopathic desire to control others Authoritarian Personality A Deontological ethic Consequentialism There is little doubt that blaming … [Read more...] about The Psychology of Blaming in Safety
When Blame Comes Easy, A Lesson From Job
When Blame Comes Easy, A Lesson From Job Blame is the joy of the Justice Cult. The Justice Cult is best explained by reading wisdom literature particularly, the allegory/mythology of Job . Blame in the Justice Cult is when we decide by (undisclosed) moral norm what has been transgressed and assume … [Read more...] about When Blame Comes Easy, A Lesson From Job
An Ethic of Mandate in Safety
An Ethic of Mandate in Safety Ensuring a safe workplace is foundational to WHS: morally, legally and ethically. When it comes to the ‘wicked problem’ (https://safetyrisk.net/risk-and-safety-as-a-wicked-problem/ ) of ethics in risk there are no simple answers or ‘fixes’. Indeed, to speak in … [Read more...] about An Ethic of Mandate in Safety
Who Give’s a Toss About Safety? What About Care Ethics?
Who Give’s a Toss About Safety? What About Care Ethics? The symbolic language of ‘tosser’ is common in Australian society (https://safetyrisk.net/who-gives-a-toss/ ) is used publicly and in advertising like the use of the word ‘w@nker’ . You can read more on the Australian use of the word ‘w@nker’ … [Read more...] about Who Give’s a Toss About Safety? What About Care Ethics?
