Societal Responsibility

Even though the practicing chemist can, up to a point, separate his or her personal life and professional life, certain societal responsibilities fall within each sphere. The chemist as a professional bears societal responsibilities to colleagues, to management of the institution where he... 

The practicing chemist also bears a societal responsibility with regards to the fruits of his or her labor. It is not enough to discover or to synthesize a new chemical compound the chemist must be concerned about the proper use or potential abuse of the chemicals produced. 

However valuable the educational work on an individual level is in raising the chemists social consciousness, it is not nearly as important as extending one s societal responsibility to the level of public interest action. The chemist could ... 

Societal responsibility can be fostered through consumer education... 

I hope that these problems, recommendations, and strategies for action incite public spirited chemists to become more concerned about their own societal responsibilities. 

I hope that we can derive some consolation from the knowledge that he has left an indelible legacy of achievement. Not least, the successful passage of Eurasia-9 will remind us of his constmctive contributions to this and other worthy enterprises that he identified as opportunities to advance science and its societal responsibilities. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and recollections with me. 

Contrast the two types of societal responses to global warming discussed in the text. 

SUBSIDIARITY Principle, specified in the EU Common Act (Article 5), by which governmental or societal responsibilities are assumed by the smallest possible administrative unit. 

To understand the nature of the societal response to risk, it is important to appreciate a number of factors which influence this response. 

Generate realistic scenarios for future changes in pollution and land use that are influenced both by climate change and by societal responses to other drivers of... 

Leadership examines how the organization s senior leaders address and communicate the organization s vision, mission, vedues, and performance expectations, as well as their focus on employees, customers and other stakeholders, empowerment, innovation, learning, organizational direction, and coordination of tasks. Also examined is how the organization addresses its societal responsibilities and commrmity involvement. 

A highly regarded professor in industrial engineering observed, after participating with safety practitioners in what he considered a baffling discussion of concepts, that what we who call ourselves safety professionals actually do will never be accepted as a profession by those outside our field until we agree on a clear definition of our practice. 1 agree with that premise, and I will explore in this chapter the scope and function of the professional safety position and will define the practice of safety in terms of a societal responsibility. 

The entirety of purpose of those responsible for safety, in fulfilling their societal responsibilities, is to manage their endeavors with respect to hazards so that the risks deriving from those hazards are at an acceptable level. 

Depending on the place, the elderly play a more or less important role in society. Young active retirees often take responsibilities within their family, in their community or in associations. The older they are, the lower these responsibilities are. They have to leave aside their commitments and it is hard to keep some in nursing homes. Our developed countries have difficulties finding a valued role for our wise persons. Our experience showed that the main motivation source for our volunteers was to be involved in a research project, as a vital link in the research process, and to have a critical role to play. This involvement gives them the societal responsibility they have mostly lost, and they appreciate being considered as full consumers. As usual, panellists should be rewarded with a gift, and, in our case, they perceived it as proof of the importance of their role in the research. 

Goal 1. To broaden the horizons of individual engineers and foster effective means by which they may relate their work and talents to the interests of society, and to provide support for them in the exercise of their societal responsibilities. 

Operation of such an interactive, positive feedback cycle for environmental lead, while helpful for effective societal responses to lead s hazards, is nevertheless challenged by some of the environmental and toxicological characteristics of human lead exposures. 

In recognising that environmental fines have been much less tiian the cost of complpng, national govemmenfs are increasing environmental fines subsfantially. The societal response on environmental issues has come into line with health and safety and transcended it as media attention and international politicians focus on visible changes around the planet, such as melting of the ice caps in polar regions. 

Societal Responsibility Again the question arises—Is it the social community (the government), that must cope with drag-related damage because of the failure of educational systems or insufficient countermeasures to avoid... 

Vulnerabilities associated with the chemical infrastructure arise from the properties of chemicals, the properties of the chemical supply chain, and the environment within which the infrastructure and supply chain exist. The consequences from a dehberate exploitation of one or more of these vulnerabilities can be further magnified or dampened by public or societal response to the event. The description of the chemical categories, the generalized model of the chemical supply chain, and a consideration of environmental and social factors lead to a series of questions that can be used to identify those vulnerabilities that are of potentially catastrophic consequences. 

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