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Cultural Silences in Safety – Power and Politics

August 1, 2022 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

There are so many profound silences in safety (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ) when it spruiks its propaganda about culture. How astounding to speak of culture but never mention power, politics and ethics! How breathtaking to read all this safety goop and never hear a … [Read more...] about Cultural Silences in Safety – Power and Politics

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: behaviorism, EHS Congress, politics, power, Transdiciplinary

Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety

October 17, 2020 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety I received an email yesterday about data mining and safety data with promises of making unseen risks visible using artificial intelligence (AI). The marketing is ‘choc-a-block’ with promises of what AI can do and how algorithmic analysis can tell you … [Read more...] about Data Ethics and the Ethics of Data in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, critical thinking, Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: AI, data, politics

Politics and Power in Safety

May 15, 2020 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

If one is interested in understanding politics and power the place to start is with Foucault (https://aeon.co/essays/why-foucaults-work-on-power-is-more-important-than-ever ). You can find some of his works … [Read more...] about Politics and Power in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: politics, power

Safety at the Margins

May 6, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Safety at the Margins I note with interest the disappointment with mainstream Safety with being on the political margins, evidenced in recent blogs (The party politics of safety , The politics of safety, OHS is largely overlooked even on its special day ). However, there are good reasons why Safety … [Read more...] about Safety at the Margins

Filed Under: Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: politics, Zero Harm

Safety Politics as Ideological Homogeneity

March 11, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Safety Politics as Ideological Homogeneity One of the reasons you don’t hear much discussion about politics and ethics in the safety industry is due to naivety and unprofessional approaches to education. One cannot claim the word ‘professional’ unless one is prepared to acknowledge that all … [Read more...] about Safety Politics as Ideological Homogeneity

Filed Under: Leadership, Relationships, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: politics, power

Masking Politics with Safety

January 26, 2013 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

Another one from Dr Rob Long for our “WTF were they thinking files” on how gutless, narrow minded thinking can use “safety” as an excuse to cover an ulterior motive and destroy all of the hard work done by others with a genuine goal. Surprise, Surprise – a local Government Organisation is behind it! … [Read more...] about Masking Politics with Safety

Filed Under: Risk Aversion, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: politics, risk aversion, Safety, Safety Overkill

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