EXOS 4643 - Ethics and Professional Practice

Ethics and professional practice covers management ethical issues within the legal, regulatory, and social context, ethical issues of communication and consultation facing OHS Professionals, and ethical decision-making in the context of corporate and personal responsibilities. The course provides students with theoretical background (models and frameworks), practical skills (assessment, deliberation and communication), and professional tools (codes of conduct and legal frameworks). Theses outcomes enable the OHS Professional to understand analyze, negotiate, and act in accordance with international, national, corporate, and personal standards.

Aimed at entry-level and practicing health and safety coordinators, professionals, officers, technicians, supervisors, trainers, management, and administrators.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• 🗸 Identify the difference between ethics and law.
• 🗸 Explore the requirements of strong, ethical practice.
• 🗸 Discuss the consequences (both legal and otherwise) of failing to meet ethical requirements.
• 🗸 Explore and analyze ethical dilemmas in occupational health and safety.

• 🗸 This course delivery format is bichronous.
• 🗸100% of course content is delivered online.
• 🗸 Students engage in both asynchronous learning, coupled with scheduled synchronous sessions throughout the course.
• 🗸 The asynchronous dates course cover pre-course work/assessments in between synchronous sessions and post-course assessments (quizzes, assignments etc.).
• 🗸 To view the schedule of the synchronous sessions, click the "view details" link under Schedule and Location on the course section.
• 🗸 There is a textbook required for this course. Please see "Section Materials" under the course section.
• 🗸 This course has been approved by the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) as meeting the Ethics Program and Provider Standard.