Personal and Professional Codes of Conduct

Staff should be encouraged to develop personal and professional codes of conduct in the organization. Just like the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) recognizes a code of ethics and professional conduct for its manbers, likewise all staff members of an organization should be inspired to develop their own personal and professional codes of safe conduct. Their code should detail ethics and professional standards in a way that is similar to the BCSP s code. 

The BCSP, in their safety activities, should always sustain and advance the integrity, honor, and prestige of the safety profession by adhering to ethical and professional standards. These standards are shown as an example to be applied to all organizational staff, as well as staff directly involved in the safety department. Those standards are as follows  

Hold paramount the safety and health of people, the protection of the environment, and the protection of property in the performance of professional duties, and exercise the obligation to advise employers, clients, employees, the public, and appropriate authorities of danger and unacceptable risks to people, the environment, or property. 

Be honest, fair, and impartial act with responsibility and integrity. Adhere to high standards of ethical conduct with balanced care for the interests of the public, employers, clients, employees, colleagues, and the profession. Avoid all conduct or practice that is likely to discredit the profession or deceive the public. 

Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner and only when founded upon knowledge of the facts and competence in the subject matter. 

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