The power of a "guilt trip": one road to increasing personal responsibility for safety.(PSYCHOLOGY of safety)

From: Industrial Safety & Hygiene News | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

I bet most of you have used the term guilt trip when explaining personal feelings or when attempting to understand the behavior of others. What do we mean? Can we use this metaphor to improve safety?

Yes.

I think we can put people (including ourselves) on a guilt trip for safety. Personal responsibility for injury prevention will be increased in the process. Let's explore this notion and its practical applications and ramifications.

What is guilt?

The behavioral definition of guilt is quite simply being responsible for an offense or "wrongdoing," as revealed in ...

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