Workplace Safety Culture and Ethics seeks to enhance organisational excellence within the needs of a diverse South African community. It discusses core values and principles related to ethics and safety culture with specific attention to developing and establishing a management strategy within an organisation. 

This first edition of the book will focus on public ethics and safety ethics. It will be of use to both students and safety practitioners.

This book makes a unique contribution by applying the principles of ethics to the field of occupational health and safety. 

Key Features/ benefits

• conflict of interest
• code of ethics
• norms and values
• legal framework
• establishing a safety management culture.

Each chapter will include learning outcomes and self-assessment questions to guide the reader through the material in a structured manner.

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Foundations of modern-day ethics
• Chapter 3 Democratic basis of public ethics
• Chapter 4 Developing democratic principles
• Chapter 5 Legal framework
• Chapter 6 Constitutional and constitutionally based policy and legislation
• Chapter 7 Ubuntu
• Chapter 8 Constitutional basis of managing public financial and human resources
• Chapter 9 Future perspectives
• Chapter 10 Establishing a safety management culture
• Chapter 11 Safety culture in the workplace
• Chapter 12 Safety management vision statement, goals and objectives
• Chapter 13 Establishing a management culture

This book is aimed at professionals and post-graduate students in the field of safety management. It is aimed at middle and senior managers who want to know more about safety and culture within a safety environment.