Ethical Leadership

Ethical leadership isn’t just a moral ideal—it’s a practical foundation for trust, accountability, and sound decision‑making in safety and risk management. This webinar explores how integrity, fairness, and care for people empower safety professionals to influence leaders who control resources and priorities for health, safety, and the environment.

Participants will learn how to recognize and embody key characteristics of ethical leadership, navigate ethical pressures, and keep worker well‑being at the heart of safety decisions—even under production or cost constraints. We will also outline concrete actions leaders can take to build an ethical culture, such as setting the tone at the top, creating and enforcing a code of ethics, leading by example, offering ethics and safety training, and encouraging open, non‑retaliatory reporting.

By connecting ethical behavior to measurable outcomes—like higher participation, better communication, fewer incidents, and stronger psychological safety—attendees will gain practical tools and language to demonstrate that ethics isn’t abstract. It’s a performance driver that protects people, strengthens culture, and improves organizational results.

Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:  

1. Identify ethical challenges present in the workplace
2. Identify characteristics and attributes of an ethical leader
3. Name steps leaders and professionals can take to build and support an ethical organizational culture
4. Describe how engaging ethical behavior can benefit OEHS within an organization

Lecturer

Rustin Reed, PhD, CIH, CSP

Instructor

Dr. Reed is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, a Certified Safety Professional, and an educator whose professional and research experiences have focused on industrial hygiene in the mining industry. He manages multi-million-dollar interdisciplinary health and safety research projects funded by NIOSH. His current research interests include diesel exhaust, heat strain, evaluation of safety training, and the use of machine learning to improve safety and health. Rustin served as the Chair of the AIHA Mining Working Group and the Secretary of the Arizona AIHA Local Section.

Credit

This course contains 1 hours of instruction. 0.1 CEUs are offered for this course.

As an IACET Accredited Provider, Bowen Learning Network offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.

Eligible for contact hours with the BGC, BCSP, IHMM, and other OEHS certifying agencies.

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Completion Requirements

To receive a Certificate of Completion for this course, participants are required to complete the following items:

1. Participate in the live webinar or review the on-demand webinar recording.
2. Score 70% or higher on the quiz.
3. Complete the webinar evaluation.

No certificate will be awarded to participants who do not meet the above completion requirements.

Computer Requirements

The Bowen Learning Network online virtual classrooms are powered by BigBlueButton. It fully supports the Windows, Mac OS X, and Chromebook platforms (see below for versions supported). Support is available for iOS (iPads) and Android Tablets. While smart phones can be used, the screens are too small to display all of the aspects of the Virtual Classroom.  For the best online learning experience, the use of a device with a larger screen is HIGHLY recommended. A physical keyboard is also recommended.

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