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PODCAST | Examining the Board for Global EHS Credentialing Code of Ethics

By Dave Johnson
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September 11, 2023

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. 

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Examining the Board for Global EHS Credentialing Code of Ethics

 

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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?

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Dave Johnson was chief editor of ISHN from 1980 until early 2020. He uses his decades of expertise to write on hot topics and current events in the world of safety. He also writes and edits at Dave Johnson’s Writing Shop LLC and is editor-at-large for ISHN. Find him at https://www.facebook.com/Dave-Johnsons-Writing-Shop-101316571547263/, and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveljohnsoneditor/.

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