Safety professionals are expected to act with integrity and exhibit ethical behaviors. In this session, we’ll summarize the historical and professional contexts of ethics and professional codes of conduct. You’ll learn about the “impediments to responsible action.” We’ll synthesize and evaluate situations in the context of professional ethics, ethical codes, individual understanding and the impediments to responsible action. We’ll also look at how the impediments can be applied as practical tools to guide safety pros through a challenging set of diverse and dynamic situations.