One of the interesting results of the digital age is the proliferation of “franken-documents.” This is documentation created by combining together bits and pieces of other people’s documents.
The creation of documents based on the work of others has become commonplace in many companies. The practice of borrowing and reusing content is even expected in some organizations.
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The idea for this article came from a webinar announcement I received in my e-mail. The topic of the webinar was understanding the rules for pesticide use on marijuana crops. Now, instead of killing off marijuana plants, the goal is to protect both the plants and the customers for these crops.
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We all make mistakes.
Making mistakes is part of being human.
There are many factors that contribute to making mistakes, including inattention, lack of experience and over-confidence. In recent years, the field of behavior-based safety has exploded. Much of its focus is on assessing why people make mistakes,
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I got an e-mail recently from a colleague in which he expressed his displeasure with a business partner who was very late in paying him. What was particularly troubling to him was the fact that the partner’s business was based on selling integrity.
The e-mail was entitled “Hypocrisy.”
Many organizations are now making claims of how socially responsible they are.
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The last few weeks I have been focused on the difficult task of drafting and analyzing comments on the draft ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards.
This has caused me to focus on the issue of making commitments.
Central to all of the ISO management system standards is the requirement to establish a policy.
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Acting ethically requires constant vigilance. One slip-up can have serious, long-term consequences.
A recent news report demonstrates the importance of a strong defense when it comes to acting ethically.
On July 23rd, the New York Times published a story accusing Senator John Walsh of apparent plagiarism in the paper he wrote in order to obtain his master’s degree from the United States Army War College in 2007.
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Earlier this month, General Motors dismissed 15 employees following the completion of an internal investigation into GM’s failure to respond appropriately to reports of ignition switch defects. The report found GM was “incompetent and negligent” in failing to prevent the deaths that were caused by this defect.
GM declined to identify the employees who were dismissed.
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This is the first issue of the Ethics in Focus Newsletter.
This newsletter is a companion to the Ethics for the OH&S Professional course. This web-based training course was developed with the following learning objectives:
This course specifically focuses on the Code of Ethics established by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) for guiding the practice of Certified Industrial Hygienists.
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