‘Ethical Responsibility’ in Safety, You’re on Your Own Baby! It’s interesting to read in safety the casual use of the terms ‘ethical responsibility’ and ‘essence of ethics’ as marketed by the AIHS as: ‘The Essence of Ethics’ objective is to develop the basic personal ethical capability of AIHS … [Read more...] about ‘Ethical Responsibility’ in Safety, You’re on Your Own Baby!
AIHS BoK on Ethics
Investigating Events is NOT About ‘Brain Farts’
Investigating Events is NOT About ‘Brain Farts’ In Australia, we have this saying to try to explain why someone does something that doesn’t make sense, we call it a ‘brain fart’. It is a way of people accepting that someone did something that didn’t make rational sense and was out of the ordinary. … [Read more...] about Investigating Events is NOT About ‘Brain Farts’
Competition – Crazy Safety Campaigns
Competition - Crazy Safety Campaigns If you are a follower of this blog you will know that we have often discussed the way safety and marketing go for crazy promotions to get people into safety. In the past we have discussed: Dumb Ways to Die, Hazardman, Sexy Sophie, Mum’s For Safety, Pickled, … [Read more...] about Competition – Crazy Safety Campaigns
When There is no Fix?
When There is no Fix? One of the favourite words of the safety sector is ‘controls’. Hazards and controls, that’s the scope of safety. However, the moment one engages in an ethic of risk one learns that life and being are not that simple. There is no objective, neutral notion of risk without … [Read more...] about When There is no Fix?
Ends and Means in Safety
Ends and Means in Safety As long as what I do gets a safety outcome, it doesn’t matter what I do to get it. This is the declared philosophy of safety ‘ends justifies the means’ ideology. As long as the outcome is zero the means to get it doesn’t matter. Wrong! The ends never justify the … [Read more...] about Ends and Means in Safety
Dobbing, Culture and Risk
Dobbing, Culture and Risk It’s such a laugh, watching people launch a ‘dob in line’ in Australia. We saw this recently with the Government’s ‘dobseeker’ hotline . And we see this approach with regulators and others in Safety , with some weird idea that ‘blowing the whistle’ to un-safety ‘works’. … [Read more...] about Dobbing, Culture and Risk
Essential Ethics for Safety and Safety Prohibitions
Essential Ethics for Safety and Safety Prohibitions Whilst it seems ethical to talk about ethics in safety some critical elements of ethical conduct are often missing in these discussions. So let’s talk about some ethical essentials when we discuss the notion of ethics. Here are a few basics when … [Read more...] about Essential Ethics for Safety and Safety Prohibitions
CSEE Proposal for an OnLine Ethics Course
CSEE Proposal for an OnLine Ethics Course I see with interest the Canadian Society for Safety Engineering (CSSE) advertising for the development of an ‘Ethics Course’. Of course it’s not an ad for the development of an ethics course, it is an ad to develop a course that confirms a code of ethics. A … [Read more...] about CSEE Proposal for an OnLine Ethics Course
Zero is Not a Noble Goal
Zero is Not a Noble Goal Recently I saw some marketing that zero was a ‘noble aim’, nothing could be more absurd. More so, when one is trying to dismantle it. The idea of something being ‘noble’ is either associated with rank and nobility, showing fine moral principles or elite qualities. Zero as a … [Read more...] about Zero is Not a Noble Goal
Tattoos, Taboos and The Risk of Permanence
Tattoos, Taboos and The Risk of Permanence I was brought up in a home where tattoos were associated with deviance, bodgies, widgies, bikers, sailors and sinfulness. Yet my own children have many tattoos, some the size of all their back. My youngest daughter has 13 tattoos! A study of the semiotics … [Read more...] about Tattoos, Taboos and The Risk of Permanence