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Don’t mention the ‘V’ Word

June 29, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 12 Comments

Any review of the discourse in orthodox safety reveals the omission of many words, language and discourse that are critical for an holistic understanding of safety. Just trawl through conference proceedings for the SIA or blogs or podcasts or books on safety and try and find discussion on … [Read more...] about Don’t mention the ‘V’ Word

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: ethics, humanising, tolerance, virtues, Zero Harm

Who Leads the Way in Safety?

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Who Leads the Way in Safety? One’s ethos is a vocational methodology, one’s driving meaning and purpose in being. It is from one’s ethos that we develop a method or ethic. An ethic is essentially the systematic construct of what one believes about life, being and personhood. For example: If one … [Read more...] about Who Leads the Way in Safety?

Filed Under: critical thinking, Ethics, Leadership, Robert Long Tagged With: ethics, ethos

Ten Ways to Improve Safety

June 28, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Whenever the question arises about improving the safety industry it is amazing to see what is invisibly declared off limits. Lets have safety improvement as long as no sacred rites or safety lores are questioned. Lets tinker about the edges, change the brand of cosmetics and fixate on stasis. So as … [Read more...] about Ten Ways to Improve Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: Bok, ethics, STEM, vision zero

A Question of Ethics

June 27, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

A Question of Ethics An ethic is a moral system. When one declares an ethical position, one is making a statement about how a moral position is systematized. The fact that Safety pays little attention to ethics, doesn’t study ethics in its curriculum and confuses moral and ethical definition is an … [Read more...] about A Question of Ethics

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: ethics, george pell

There is Another Ethic than Zero Accidents

June 24, 2023 by Admin 2 Comments

Editors note: In a comment in the article “The Worm at The Core” a reader directed me to an article by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in which they decree that “Accidents are not approved or permitted”  - That statement really did something to me so this article by Dr Rob Long was very … [Read more...] about There is Another Ethic than Zero Accidents

Filed Under: Ethics, Human Error, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: ethics, zero accident, Zero Harm

No Moral Compass in Zero

June 24, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Moral Compass in Zero ‘Humans by nature are social animals that are intended to co-inhabit in a polis’ William Bennett (1996) The Moral Compass, Stories of a Life’s Journey. Ethics is the study of moral philosophy and moral systems. Without an ethic one cannot have an understanding of the core … [Read more...] about No Moral Compass in Zero

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: ethics, moral compass.SIA

Paralysis by Precaution

June 23, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

Paralysis by Precaution Munthe (2011) investigates the cost of precaution in his book The Price of Precaution and the Ethics of Risk. The Precautionary Principle (PP) is sometimes called ‘prudent avoidance’ and is premised on the idea that inaction in times of doubt and uncertainty is the best … [Read more...] about Paralysis by Precaution

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: ethics, Precautionary Principle, Zero Harm

Wisdom, Discernment and an Ethic of Safety

October 26, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Wisdom, Discernment and an Ethic of Safety I receive emails every week from safety people who thank me for being ‘provocative’ and helping them learn. However, being provocative is not something I set out to do. I don’t sit down and think, ‘now how can I present some contrary view’. Indeed, when … [Read more...] about Wisdom, Discernment and an Ethic of Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: critical thinking, discerning risk, ethics

Fluffy Ethics and Safety

January 17, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 10 Comments

There is nothing quite like a good façade to make sure nothing changes. Trot out some spin, drop a few definitions and Bob’s your uncle. The best way to test fluffy ethics is to investigate the rigor in topics of interest and discussions of ontology, worldview, paradigms and methodology. A sure … [Read more...] about Fluffy Ethics and Safety

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS, Bok, climate denial, ethics

Safety Racism

September 15, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 20 Comments

  It seems that the moment one invokes the word ‘safety’ all ethical considerations become unimportant. We see evidence of this with comments that Islanders are less safe, and less intelligent for safety! . How do people get away with this??? Of course safety is the industry of eugenics! … [Read more...] about Safety Racism

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long, Slips Trips and Falls, Zero Harm Tagged With: body of knowledge, ethics, fallibility, racism

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