Ethical Aspects of OSH
Ethical Aspects of OSH
Ethical Aspects of OSH
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Presentation outline:
• Ethics
• Ethics and Engineering
• Basic concept of ethics in OSH
• Duties and obligations of occupational health professionals
• Conditions of execution of the functions of occupational
health professionals
UET 2
Ethics
• The science of human character or the science of moral duty
by Rushworth Kidder.
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UET 3
How Ethics Fits into Engineering
Engineers . . .
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isotopes used in nuclear power.
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a) The possibility of medical science
discovering a cure for cancer sometime in
the current or next centuries adds
uncertainty to the long-term health risks
of leakages of radio-active isotopes.
Issues that come up in these discussions:
CONSEQUENCES OF
ALTERNATIVES TO NUCLEAR
POWER.
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ISSUE #2: DEPLETION OF RESOURCES:
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Duties and obligations of occupational health
professionals
• Aims and advisory role
• Knowledge and expertise
• Development of a policy and a programme
• Emphasis on prevention and on a prompt action
• Follow-up of remedial actions
• Safety and health information
• Commercial secrets
• Health surveillance
• Information to the worker
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Duties and obligations of occupational health
professionals
• Information to the employer
• Danger to a third party
• Biological monitoring and investigations
• Health promotion
• Protection of community and environment
• Contribution to scientific knowledge
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Conditions of execution of the functions
of occupational health professionals
• Competence, integrity and impartiality
• Professional independence
• Equity, nondiscrimination and communication
• Clause on ethics in contracts of employment
• Records
• Medical confidentiality
• Collective health data
• Relationships with health professionals
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Conditions of execution of the functions
of occupational health professionals
• Relationships with social partners
• Promoting ethics and professional audit
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