Ethics of Safety and Health Professionals

Bruce Lippy, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, FAIHA August 26, 2020

Special thanks for use of slides to:

Jan Wachter, Jeff Throckmorton, David Roskelley, Barbara Weeks, Pam Greenley, and Steve Rucker

Bruce Lippy, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, FAIHA Director of Safety Research, CPWR Photo courtesy JS President, The Lippy Group LLC Holdings, UK

My 3 objectives

1. Quickly review pertinent ethical issues 2. Review key elements in the ABIH code 3. Apply lessons learned to the Corona

virus pandemic

Obj 1: Quickly review pertinent ethical issues

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Stating my biases as recommended by Dr. Alan Lyles*

• I am liberal in my politics • I consider myself a humanist • I don’t believe ethics have to be rooted

in religious principles • This is pro bono

*Professor and Senior Fellow, Hoffberger Center of Professional Ethics,

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I also trust science and have never seen it so undermined

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Our first challenge is recognizing ethical issues Right versus Wrong (moral temptation)

Right versus Right (ethical dilemmas)

Rushworth Kidder, How Good People

Al Capone was not known for facing ethical dilemmas

What are the most pertinent right vs. right dilemmas?

• Truth vs. Loyalty • Individual vs. Community

“The centre of ethics must be occupied by things we can reasonably demand of each other.” Simon Blackburn

“Anything more stringent might be saintly or admirable, but it is not demanded of us. It is

above and beyond the call of duty.”

Obj 2: Review the key elements in the ABIH code

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What are responsibilities to clients, employers, employees and the public?

1. Deliver competent services with objective and independent professional judgment in decision-making.

2. Recognize the limitations of one’s professional ability and provide services only when qualified.

3. Provide truthful and accurate representations to the public

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Second: We should strive to make our communications to workers (and the public) more direct and effective

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Fifth: We should apply the hierarchy as much as possible

Sources and Further Ethics Reading

• How Good People Make Tough Choices, Rushworth M. Kidder,1995

• “Ethical Issues for Industrial Hygienists: Survey Results and Suggestions”, Laura A. Goldberg & Michael R. Greenberg, March 1993 AIHA Journal

• “Observations of Ethical Misconduct Among Industrial Hygienists in England”, Burgess G. L., Mullen, D., AIHA Journal (63) March/April 2002

• Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right, Joseph Badaracco, Jr. 1997

• Ethics for the Safety and Health Professional: Approaches and Case Studies, Jan K. Wachter, 2014.

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Thank you for your time!

Bruce Lippy, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, FAIHA 410-916-0359 cell blippy@cpwr.com