MOS 5201 Safety Engineering Unit 1 Essay 1

Course Textbook APA Citation:

Asfahl, C. R., Hammer, W., & Price, D. (2004/2001). Occupational & industrial safety health management and engineering(2nd Custom ed.). New York, NY: Prentice-Hall.

Chapter 8 comes from an OSHA publication on job hazard analysis.

MOS 5201 uses a custom textbook including only information used in this course, resulting in a more cost-effective textbook than typically available otherwise.

Essay #1

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has a Code of Professional Conduct for its members http://www.asse.org/about/code-of-professional-conduct. One of the canons of that Code is: Inform the public, employers, employees, clients and appropriate authorities when professional judgment indicates that there is an unacceptable level of risk. What challenge(s) does this canon present to a safety professional? Do you think most safety professionals comply? Why or why not?