Ethics in Safety Leadership: Navigating Pressure, Policy, and People - Safety Professionals Continuing Education, Ethics, 5 Hours

Meets Required Points in Ethics for Recertification for BCSP, BGC

BCSP Category 7: Safety Related Courses, Distance Learning, 0.5 Points

IHMM Category II: Professional Development Activities (Continuing Education), 5 CMP

BGC Category 4: Attendance at Educational Programs, 0.825 CM Points 

Here's How Simple It Is:

1. Read the material online
2. Complete the quiz online
3. Get your certificate of completion immediately and earn professional development credit towards your recertification
   

Course Outcome

≥93% of participants will expand their ability to recognize, navigate, and resolve real-world ethical challenges that arise in high-pressure safety roles, including situations involving leadership conflict, limited resources, and political or organizational pressure.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the participant will be able to:

• Identify how ethical principles apply to safety leadership decisions across a range of workplace scenarios.
• Apply structured models (e.g., PLUS model, four-part checklists) to assess ethical dilemmas in safety-sensitive environments.
• Recognize early warning signs of ethical erosion such as normalization of deviance, pressure to underreport, or shifting accountability.
• Communicate safety objections and refusals using professional, field-tested scripts that protect both people and credibility.
• Document safety decisions effectively during crises, under pressure, or when faced with conflicting directives.
• Facilitate post-incident debriefings that reinforce transparency, learning, and organizational integrity.
• Build team-level safety cultures where workers support each other in making ethical decisions on the ground.

Who Should Enroll? 

• Certified Safety Professionals (CSP® and Associate Safety Professionals (ASP): Safety leaders committed to strengthening their decision-making skills when dealing with ethical pressure, conflicting priorities, or leadership challenges.
  
• Construction Health and Safety Technicians (CHST) and Safety Management Professionals (SMP): Field-based and mid-level safety professionals seeking clear frameworks for ethical action in dynamic or decentralized environments.
  
• Occupational Safety and Health Technicians (STS): Frontline safety personnel who want to build confidence in raising concerns, pushing back when needed, and documenting decisions that protect workers and support long-term credibility.