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Today, information is spread at the touch of a button, and the modern public demand accountability and transparency. Rather than shy away from this, successful companies take advantage of it. Health and safety initiatives are used not only to avoid a bad reputation, but also to build a good one. The companies at the forefrontRead more

A safety climate is the shared set of perceptions and expectations that workers have regarding safety in their organisation at any given time. But how does this safety climate affect how workers approach their day-to-day work, and any health and safety concerns that may arise? The literature says the impact is significant. A 2005 studyRead more

There are a number of common rationalisations which lead individuals to compromise their ethics in the business world, and this has important implications for OHS professionals and potential safety outcomes within organisations. Mary Gentile, an international expert on ethics in business and Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, saidRead more

Too many organisations still believe they have to choose between safety and productivity. There is a view, particularly among smaller companies, that health and safety directives exist to stifle the productivity within an organisation. But safety and productivity are not competing ideals. You do not need to sacrifice one, in order to achieve the other.Read more

Over many years, a debate has gone on about concepts such as ‘Zero Harm’ in health and safety. Although the history and origins of Zero Harm are clearly about generating awareness – whereas a slogan it represents the critically important idea that no amount of harm is acceptable – those who have more literal interpretationsRead more

One of the primary reasons zero harm fails in organisations is that every single worker doesn’t believe that it is achievable in practice, according to an expert in high-performance safety cultures. Many companies have mature safety systems, have appropriate risk management strategies in place, meet their compliance commitments and work hard to encourage (or demand)Read more

Dr. David Provan discusses Safety II and how it might transform the roles of safety professionals going forward What’s covered? Organisations invest considerable resources in dedicated safety roles, teams and entire safety departments in the pursuit of understanding and managing safety risk. However, 30 years of research concludes that safety practitioners are largely not performingRead more

Guest post Daniel Hummerdal is a world-leading health and safety innovator with deep experience in finding new and more functional ways to improve safety. A founder of Safety Differently, Daniel begun his career in aviation, before training to become an organisational psychologist. He has since worked as a consultant in high risk industries in FranceRead more

Guest post Daniel Hummerdal is a world-leading health and safety innovator with deep experience in finding new and more functional ways to improve safety. A founder of Safety Differently, Daniel begun his career in aviation, before training to become an organisational psychologist. He has since worked as a consultant in high risk industries in FranceRead more

Guest post Daniel Hummerdal is a world-leading health and safety innovator with deep experience in finding new and more functional ways to improve safety. A founder of Safety Differently, Daniel begun his career in aviation, before training to become an organisational psychologist. He has since worked as a consultant in high risk industries in FranceRead more