Ethics - Virtual Training

September 23, 2021 - 11 am - 1 pm EST

The following questions will be posed and answered in this 2-hr training.

What is ethics?  Does a company’s unethical culture create its unethical leaders or do unethical leaders create an unethical company’s culture?  What is considered “reasonably practical” in health and safety professional ethics? What is the relationship between ethics, reason, justification, and emotion? What is the difference between ethics and the law? What are right versus wrong tests of moral temptation? How does bias factor into ethic decision making? What is the role of context in ethical decision-making? Based on how you react to a number of changing contexts occurring in a case study, what ethical approaches do you tend to use in ethical decision-making? Is there a stepwise model available for ethical decision-making? What are the principles and traits commonly included in health and safety codes of ethical conduct? What is practical wisdom and why is it important? Two additional case studies will be presented if time is available.

Presenter Bio

Dr. Jan K. Wachter, CIH, CSP, CQE, CRE, is Professor in the Safety Sciences Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is the Coordinator for its PhD Program. Dr. Wachter received his BS (biology/chemistry), MS (environmental health), MBA and Sc.D. (hygiene) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.  He also holds degrees in theology and divinity.  Prior to his academic career, Dr. Wachter was employed by various Fortune 100 companies and at the U.S. Department of Energy at their national laboratory complexes.  His major areas of interest are safety ethics, safety management systems, and the use of human performance approaches for achieving safety excellence.