Today’s OSH professionals can encounter a wide range of ethical dilemmas. Build your knowledge of how you can use professional codes of ethics to identify, analyze, navigate and resolve these dilemmas. By using facts and promoting ethical practices, you can minimize harm, foster a positive company culture and support your organization’s long-term success and profitability. Explore the drivers influencing ethical decision-making and the theoretical framework supporting the use of such drivers.
This course has been designed to meet the ethics training requirement established for certified industrial hygienists by the Board of Global EHS Credentialing (BGC), an umbrella organization that replaced American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Visit the BGC website to learn more about this requirement. This course also meets the ethics requirement established for recertification by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Visit the BCSP website to learn more about this requirement
What You Will Learn
- Review professional codes of conduct for OSH professionals
- Build a better understanding of how the various codes of ethics apply to your practice as an OSH professional
- Explore various approaches for resolving ethical issues
- Practice applying various ethical principles through real-life scenarios to resolve ethical issues
- Identify and analyze steps you can take to avoid future ethical dilemmas
Length
Self-Paced (6-months access to the online course)
Level
Intermediate: 5-10 years
CEUs
0.5
Instructional Method
Our self-paced online courses eliminate travel cost and time and allow you to learn independently while at work, at home or at another convenient location using a computer with audio and internet access. You can enroll in these courses at any time, receive immediate access to the course and assess your progress through instant feedback on quizzes and other learning activities.
Acknowledgments
Daniel Snyder’s career spans 30 years of diverse global professional experience facilitating research, partnering with stakeholders and creating sustainable solutions. He is an expert on certification exam blueprints, OSH management systems, and safety and health professional competencies. Snyder is chair of the ANSI/ASSP Z490.1 Committee for Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training Standard and he is a member of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 283 responsible for the ongoing development and enhancement of ISO 45001, the international standard for OSH management systems. Snyder is an accomplished speaker and author whose works include the ethics chapter in ASSP’s “Consultants Business Development Guide,” the second edition of National Safety Council’s “Pocket Guide to Safety Essentials,” and the SPAN certification exam study workbooks. He is an at-large director for ASSP and adjunct professor of safety sciences at the University of Central Missouri. Snyder is the founder of SafetyMentor.com, a learner experience platform dedicated to advancing professional development.
Consent
Attendees agree to adhere to ASSP’s Code of Professional Conduct. ASSP reserves the right to remove attendees not behaving consistent with the Code of Conduct.
Cancellation Policy
No refund is allowed for self-paced courses
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