Ethics and safety professionals: What makes for professional competency; and how do you communicate the potential consequences if professional decisions or judgments are overruled or disregarded? A conversation with Mark Katchen, CIH, and Alan Leibowitz, CIH and CSP
Mark Katchen, CIH, and Alan Leibowitz, CIH and CSP, examine the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC) Code of Ethics in the latest in Editor Dave Johnson’s exploration into ethics as it relates to safety.
The Code serves as the minimum ethical standards for the professional behavior of BGC certificants and candidates. It provides both appropriate ethical practice guidelines and enforceable standards of conduct for all certificants and candidates.
Two requirements specifically are discussed in this episode: What makes for professional competency; and how do you communicate to employers or clients the potential consequences if professional decisions or judgments are overruled or disregarded?