Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science
CEN800: Law and Ethics in Engineering Practice
Ethical and Socially
Responsible Behaviour:
Contributing to Sustainable
Development
5 and 12 April 2022
Robert G. White MBA, B.A.Sc., PEng, CMC
Chair Pikangikum First Nation Working Group
President, BRI International Inc
Canadian Industry Member of ISO 26000 Working Group
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Ethical and Socially Responsible Behaviour for Engineers
Introduction
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Bob White PEng, CMC, MBA, B.A.Sc.
Professional Engineer and Certified Management Consultant
1. Ironworker: Canada and USA
2. Engineer: Canadian Standards Association and Quality Management
Institute
3. Management Consultant: President, BRI International Inc. since 1985
• Governance and Risk Management Systems for CSR and
Sustainability in Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Jamaica, India,
Mexico, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago and the USA
4. Teaching Ethics and Sustainability in Canada, Mexico and India
Volunteer:
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ISO standards for Social Responsibility, Sustainable Procurement and
Management Consulting,
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Pikangikum First Nation Working Group: Founder and Chair
Toronto Area Interfaith Council, Founder and Secretary,
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Ethical Investment, and Responsible Mining Network
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Warden in Camp 1 for Iron Ring Ceremony
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My work and interest:
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Changing Behaviour
Time span and level of difficulty involved for various levels of change
(high)
Organizational Behaviour (4)
Individual Behaviour (3)
Difficulty
Involved
Attitudes (2)
Knowledge (1)
(low)
(short)
Time Involved
(long)
Source: P. Hearsey and K.H. Blanchard;
Management of organizational behaviour (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1972), p.160.
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Contents
Ethical and Socially Responsible Behaviour
Part 1: In Engineering
Part 2: What is Ethical and Socially Responsible
Behaviour?
Part 3: How to be Ethical and Socially Responsible
Part 4: The Calling of an Engineer
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Professional Practice Exam
The PPE ensures that Professional Engineers are:
1. Familiar with the provincial PE Act and code of
ethics,
2. Can make thoughtful decisions when faced with
an ethical dilemma and
3. Can explain the decision in a logical and
convincing manner:
the basic knowledge for a P.Eng.
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undergrad’s failing
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Part 1: Ethical
and Socially Responsible Behaviour
in Engineering
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How engineering changed the world
1.
Electrification
11. Highways
2.
Automobile
12. Spacecraft
3.
Airplane
6.
13. Internet
Water Supply and Distribution 14. Imaging
Electronics
15. Household Appliances
Radio and Television
16. Health Technologies
7.
Agricultural Mechanization
8.
Computers
9.
Telephone
4.
5.
10. Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration
17. Petroleum and Petrochemical
Technologies
18. Laser and Fiber Optics
19. Nuclear Technologies
20. High-performance Materials
Watch: Dream Big: Engineering Our World - Official IMAX Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huVNsT8BIM8
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Another side of Engineering: Corruption
One of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world,
SNC-Lavalin, ranked among the top ten of 267 peers in Sustainalytics’
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rankings in 2020, but it
was convicted of corruption in:
Canada: 2020
• SNC-Lavalin scandal engulfing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Canada: 2019
• SNC-Lavalin VP guilty on charges of violating Canada's election
financing laws
Bangladesh: 2012
• Bribes to Bangladeshi officials, to obtain a lucrative bridge contract
• World Bank banned SNC-Lavalin from bidding on projects for 10 years
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CII India
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Canadian mines abroad:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Canada, home to 75 per cent of world’s mining companies operating
in 100+ countries
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In 2015, 32 per cent of Canadian mining companies were involved
in conflicts overseas: International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and Mining
Watch Canada
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Between 2000 and 2015 there were 44 deaths, more than 400
people injured and more than 700 cases of criminalization in
connection to 28 Canadian mining companies in 13 Latin American
countries: The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project
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Until recently, cases related to human rights violations against
Canadian mining companies outside of Canada were dismissed by
the Canadian courts which argued they should be heard in their
countries of origin
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Since the B.C. court ruling in 2017, these cases will be heard in
Canadian courts
https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-mining-companies-will-now-facehuman-rights-charges-in-canadian-courts/
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Mexico Canada Responsible
Mining Network (MCRMN)
1. In 2011 two Mexicans and two Canadians started the
MCRMN to investigate complaints about Canadian
mines by residents
2. Focused on 2 mines, one in Cerro San Pedro operated
by New Gold and the other in Region de Catorce,
operated by First Majestic Silver, both of Vancouver
3. ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility was used as the
benchmark of the behaviour of the mine operators
4. Findings were reported to the presidents of the
Canadian mining companies and the Government of
Canada
5. MCRMN offered to facilitate implementation of the
recommendations
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New Gold Minero San Xavier Mine
Cerro San Pedro, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
MCRMN findings:
1. Massive open-pit mine in Cerro San Pedro in
2007
2. Failure to engage with people in the community
‘lack of prior and informed consent’
3. People opposing the mine paid off or beaten
and harassed by the employees of mine
4. Cyanide in drinking water
5. Aquifer for millions of people being depleted
6. Tourist destination now a ghost town
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Daily blasting
Cerro San Pedro, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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Cerro de San Pedro and the open pit:
By Amanda Annand June 22, 2019: https://thenarwhal.ca/
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Cracks in 300 year old church
Cerro San Pedro, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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Cerro and crack
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The new ‘Cerro San Pedro’
Cerro San Pedro, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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Rocks in front of complainant’s door
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Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor
Closing Report: Number 2013-04-MEX
http://www.international.gc.ca/csr_counsellor-conseiller_rse
• ‘This report describes a review undertaken at the request
of the Mexico-Canada Responsible Mining Network,
relating to New Gold Inc.’s Cerro San Pedro project and
the conclusion reached
• A partial draft of the report was written, but before the
report could be completed or finalized, the Extractive
Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor, Dr.
Marketa Evans, resigned
• Given the voluntary nature of the Review Process and
the lack of willingness on the part the requesters to
participate in constructive dialogue, this request is not
amenable to resolution through facilitated dialogue’
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David and Goliath
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Part 2: What is Ethical
and Socially Responsible Behaviour?
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Discussion: Ethical behaviour?
Who is not ethical?
Is ethical behaviour:
Timeless?
Universal?
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Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman
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‘Do to
others
what they
would want
you to do
to them’
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Morals, Values and Ethical Behaviour
• Values: ‘the established ideals of life’
(Gage)
• Ethical behaviour: ‘Behaviour that is in
accordance with accepted principles of
right or good conduct in the context of a
particular situation, and consistent with
international norms of behaviour’
(ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility)
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Today’s Golden Rule: Social Responsibility
(ISO 26000 SR: 2010)
‘Accepting responsibility for the impacts of your
decisions and activities on society and the
environment, through transparent and ethical
behaviour that:
•
is consistent with sustainable development and the
welfare of society
•
takes into account the expectations of stakeholders
•
is in compliance with applicable law and consistent with
international norms of behaviour and
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is integrated throughout the organization’
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PEO Code of Ethics:
Social Responsibility
The Code of Ethics is a basic guide to professional conduct
and imposes duties on the practicing professional engineer,
with respect to:
A. Society
B. Employers
C. Clients
D. Colleagues, including employees and subordinates
E. The engineering profession; and
F. Himself/herself
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‘Sustainable Development’
• ‘Development that
meets the needs of
the present without
compromising the
ability of future
generations to meet
their own needs’
• The UN Brundtland
Commission
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Calabar, DG WHO, UN Envoy CC, Canada, 2007, Rio +20, 2012
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Part 3: How to be Ethical
and Socially Responsible
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CSR: Apparent Chaos… but
Source: GRI 2003
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Underlying order… ISO 26000
Codes
(GC, OECD)
Governance
Standards
Management
Systems
(SOX)
(ISO)
Performance
Performance
Standards
(SA 8000)
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(GRI)
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Assurance
Standards
(AA 1000, ISAE
3000)
Source: GRI, 2003
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ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility
1. ISO agreement with ILO, UN Global Compact, OECD
2. Consistent with international treaties and conventions
and existing ISO standard, UN Declarations and ILO
3. Over 175 international SR instruments in Bibliography,
4. Over 500 experts in SR from over 100 countries
5. First time ISO used a ‘balanced stakeholder approach’:
industry, labour, government, NGOs, consumers, others
6. Practical guidance on:
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Operationalizing Social Responsibility
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Identifying and engaging with stakeholders, and
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Enhancing credibility of reports and claims about SR
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Integrating Social Responsibility throughout
the organization : Phases
(ISO 26000 SR with experience from Canada, Brazil and India)
1
2
3
4
5
6
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Integrating Social Responsibility Throughout the
Organization (ISO 26000 cl.7)
The Implementation Team making the Business Case
The Social Responsibility of your organization: Risk Mgmt.
Practices for integrating Social Responsibility throughout
your organization: Governance: Management System
Stakeholder engagement: AA 1000
Communicating and enhancing credibility of your Social
Responsibility claims: GRI, IFC, OECD MNE
Reviewing and improving your actions and practices for
Social Responsibility
Verification to enhance credibility:1 & 2nd party, AA1000As
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Phase 1: The Business Case
Leaders in implementing environmental, social
and governance policies (ESG) designed to
create sustained competitive advantage
•
Outperformed the overall stock market by 25%
•
72 % outperformed their peers in same period
Goldman Sachs study of energy, mining, steel, food, beverages, media
(2005 to 2007)
ESG = SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) = CSR
(Social Responsibility)
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Phase 2: The Relationship of
Your Organization’s Characteristics to SR (cl.7.2)
To provide an informed basis for Social Responsibility an
organization should:
1. Understand the Principles, Core Subjects and benefits
of social responsibility to assist in the integration of social
responsibility throughout the organization and its sphere
of influence
2. Understand current attitudes, level of commitment to and
understanding of social responsibility by its leadership
3. Determine the relevant issues of SR within each Core
Subject and in the organization's stakeholders
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Principles of Social Responsibility
(ISO 26000 cl. 4)
1. Accountability
2. Transparency
3. Ethical behaviour
4. Respect for stakeholder interests
5. Respect for the rule of law
6. Respect for international norms of behaviour
7. Respect for human rights
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Ethical Behaviour
(ISO 26000 cl 4.3)
An organization should:
• Behave and promote ethical behaviour based on
the values of honesty, equity and integrity and
• Commit to address the impact of its activities and
decisions by:
1. Identifying and stating its core values and
principles
2. Developing and using governance structures
3. Identifying, adopting and applying standards
of ethical behaviour
Standards?’
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Ethical Behaviour Summary
(ISO 26000 cl 4.3)
4. Preventing or resolving conflicts of interest that
could lead to unethical behaviour
5. Establishing and maintaining oversight
mechanisms and controls to monitor, support
and enforce ethical behaviour
7. Establishing and maintaining mechanisms to
facilitate the reporting of unethical behaviour
without fear of reprisal
8. Recognizing and addressing situations where
local laws and regulations either do not exist or
conflict with ethical behaviour
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Bombardier buys Short
Brothers in Belfast in 89
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Discussion: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
•
As a member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
you determine applications brought under the Ontario
Human Rights Code prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of a number of grounds including employment.
•
You are asked to rule on a complaint from a 25 year old
woman that was fired because she wrote some very
bad things about her boss on Facebook and he saw it.
1. Was the decision to fire her ethical and socially
responsible?
2. Would you recommend she be given her job back?
3. Why?
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Discussion: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas using
the Definition of Social Responsibility
To resolve the dilemma, consider the impacts of
the decisions and activities made by the fired
woman and her boss?
• Who was impacted or could be impacted?
• What was the impact or possible impact?
• Was the impact or possible impact on one
person or organization greater than the other?
So, being ethical is not just about doing ‘no harm’
but doing the ‘least harm’
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Core Subjects of Social Responsibility
(ISO 26000 cl. 6)
Identify the impact
and issues your
decisions and
activities have on
these core
subjects
Include your
sphere of
influence
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Organizational governance
(ISO 26000 SR: 2009)
‘The system by which an organization makes and
implements decisions in pursuit of its objectives’
• The most crucial factor in being able to take
responsibility for the impacts of decisions and
activities and to integrate social responsibility
throughout the organization and its relationships
• Directed by a person or group of persons having
the authority and responsibility for pursuing
organizational objectives
• Incorporates the principles of social
responsibility into the decision-making
processes and implementation
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Human Rights
The United Nations Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (UDHR)
• UDHR, a milestone document in the history of
human rights was proclaimed by the UN General
Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948
• It set out, for the first time, fundamental human
rights to be universally protected
• It has been translated into over 500 languages
http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
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Human Rights Summary (6.3)
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948) says that human beings have:
• the right to life, liberty and security of person;
• the right to freedom of expression;
• the right to work;
• the right to a standard of living adequate for the
health and well-being… including food, clothing,
housing and medical care and necessary social
services;
• the right to education; and
• the right to social security
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Rights of women: Human rights in Canada:
The ‘Persons Case’ - 1929
• In 1920 Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden said
Emily Murphy could not be a Senator because she was not
considered a person under the1867 British North America Act
• On April 24, 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada when
asked, "Does the word "persons" in Section 24, of The BNA
Act, 1867, include female persons”, answered "no"
• Emily Murphy appealed the decision to the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council in England, at the time the
highest court of appeal for Canada
• On October 18, 1929, Lord Sankey, Lord Chancellor of the
Privy Council, announced that "yes, women are persons
because “the exclusion of women from all public offices is a
relic of days more barbarous than ours”
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Gender Equality vs Equity
Equality
Equity
• Is the state of being equal,
especially in status, rights,
or opportunities
• The quality of being fair
and impartial
• Is treating everyone the
same
• Is giving everyone what
they need to be
successful
• Aims to promote fairness,
but it can only work if
everyone starts from the
same place and needs the
same help
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‘The importance of gender equality’
(ISO 26000 SR: 2010)
1. Gender roles assigned to men and women sometimes
discriminate against women
2. Gender discrimination limits the potential of individuals,
families, communities and societies
3. There is a demonstrated positive link between gender
equality and economic and social development, which
is why gender equality is one of the Millennium
Development Goals: Promote gender equality and
empower women
4. Promotion of gender equality in an organization's
activities and advocacy is an important component of
Social Responsibility
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Ecole Polytechnique Tragedy
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Stéphanie Lanthier Jan 5 2012
• On December 6, 1989, a young man, Marc Lépine,
burst into a class at Montréal's École Polytechnique
armed with an automatic weapon.
• He separated the male and female students and
fired point blank on the latter screaming, "You are all
feminists."
• Fourteen young women were murdered, and 13
other people wounded.
• Lépine then turned his gun on himself and
committed suicide.
• Later, a list of eminent women was found whom he
had identified as "feminists to slaughter."
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Fourteen young women were murdered
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Stéphanie Lanthier Jan 5 2012
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Freedom From Discrimination
Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, every person has
the right to be free from discrimination on the grounds of:
• Sex
• Creed
• Age
• Disability
• Ancestry
• Family Status
• Colour
• Gender Identity
• Race
• Gender Expression
• Citizenship
• Sexual Orientation
• Ethnic Origin
• Record of Offences
• Place of Origin
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Systemic Racism in Canada
• Racism: a belief that racial differences produce
an inherent superiority of a particular race
• Systemic: relating to a system, especially as
opposed to a particular part
• Systemic racism as occurring "when institutions
or systems create or maintain racial inequity,
often as a result of hidden institutional biases in
policies, practices and procedures that privilege
some groups and disadvantage others."
Ontario’s Anti-Black Racism Strategy
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Discussion: Racism
Who is racist?
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Who is racist?
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Systemic Racism
• “Racism has a long history in Canada
• It was fundamental to relationships between
Canada's First Nations and the European
colonizers”
• “It has led to denials of basic civil and political rights
to Canadian citizens, excluded adults from jobs and
children from schools, limited opportunities to
acquire property, and barred people from hotels,
bars, theatres and other recreational facilities.”
A report by the Commission on Systemic Racism in the
Ontario Criminal Justice System
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Indigenous rights in Canada: ‘Inherent
rights’
• Indigenous rights refer to the activities, practice, and
traditions of the Indigenous peoples in Canada that are
integral to the distinctive culture of Aboriginal peoples
• For Indigenous peoples, inherent rights are rights
bestowed upon them by the Creator who placed them on
Turtle Island and provided them with instruction on how
to live
• The Creator’s instruction formed the basis of
the traditional knowledge, culture, traditions and oral
traditions that have directed First Nations ever since
• Therefore, First Nation inherent rights are not granted by
the Crown
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Indigenous rights in Canada
In addition to inherent rights, the rights of indigenous peoples
worldwide and specifically in Canada are based on:
•
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(UNDRIP) implemented into Canadian law in May 2016
•
Aboriginal and treaty rights are “recognized and affirmed” in section
35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and are therefore protected within
Canada’s Constitution
•
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
•
The International Labour Organization: ILO-convention 169
•
And finally, the Honour of the Crown:
– A phrase of Canadian aboriginal law in reference to the sometimes,
generous attitude the law takes to the definition of aboriginal rights
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Canadian Residential Schools
(Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
1. In 1800’s Canadian officials thought that the best
way for First Nation children to have any form of
success was to adopt Christianity and learn
English
2. Students were discouraged from speaking their
first language and practicing their native traditions
3. When students returned to the reserve, they found
they didn't fit in
4. Articles 1,2,3,16, and 27 of the UDHR were
violated with respect to the way Indigenous
children were treated in residential schools that
were in place until 1996
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(TRC) of Canada: Calls to Action 2015
• Calls to Action related to the Canadian ‘Indian
Residential Schools’ In order to redress the legacy of
residential schools and advance the process of
Canadian reconciliation:
http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
Missing Children and Burial Information
• #71. We call upon all chief coroners and provincial vital
statistics agencies that have not provided to the TRC
their records on the deaths of Aboriginal children in the
care of residential school authorities to make these
documents available to the National Centre for Truth and
Reconciliation
In 2021, 215 unmarked graves were found on grounds of
Kamloops Indian Residential School
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Recent Claims of Police Brutality In Canada Are ‘Tip Of
The Iceberg’ For Indigenous People
06/13/2020 07:00 EDT | Updated 06/15/2020 10:05 EDT By Samantha Beattie
• In 2020, Indigenous adults represent only 3 per
cent of Canadians, but account for 30 per cent of
the inmate population
• Indigenous women represent 42 per cent of
female inmates
An all-time high, reported the Office of the
Correctional Investigator
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Labour Practices Summary (cl 6.4)
Policies and practices relating to work performed within, by
or on behalf of the organization
Worker and employer in collective bargaining, social
dialogue and consultation
Labour practices issues
1. Employment and employment relationships
2. Conditions of work and social protection
3. Social dialogue
4. Health and safety at work
5. Human development and training in the workplace
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2021 Report on Work Fatality and Injury
Rates in Canada
• In 2019, 925 workers died due to work- related
causes in 2019:
– 590 as a result of occupation-related diseases
– 335 as a result of workplace injuries
• In 2018, 1,027 workers died
• In 2016, 905 workers died
The 2021 Report on Workplace Fatalities and Injuries was released in
October from the University of Regina. Association of Workers’
Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC)
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The Environment: Summary (cl 6.5)
Environmental challenges:
• the depletion of natural resources,
• pollution,
• climate change,
• destruction of habitats,
• loss of species and the collapse of whole
ecosystems and
• the degradation of urban and rural human
settlements
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Ecological debt:
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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Canada’s Environmental Reality
• Climate Transparency, a coalition of
international climate organizations say
Canadians produce more greenhouse gas
emissions per person than any other G20
economy (Mia Rabson, The Canadian PressWed., Nov.
14, 2018)
• Canada has the world's 8th largest ecological
footprint per capita, according to WWF's Living
Planet Report 2012
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Ecological debt:
WWF Living Planet Report 2012
• The Ecological Footprint shows a consistent
trend of over-consumption exceeded the
‘Earth’s biocapacity' by more than 50 per cent:
– ‘the area of land and productive oceans
actually available to produce renewable
resources and absorb CO2 emissions’
• Canadians are using approximately 3.5 times
their share of the Earth’s annual productivity
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Ecological debt:
WWF Living Planet Report 2012
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The State of Biodiversity:
WWF Living Planet Report 2020
• Biodiversity – the rich diversity of life on Earth –
is being lost at an alarming rate
• The impacts of this loss on our well-being are
mounting and catastrophic impacts for people
and planet loom closer than ever
• Watch the following video:
‘NATURE IS OUR ALLY
NOT OUR ENEMY’
https://wwf.ca/living-planet-report-2020/
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Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation:
ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility
6.5.5 Environmental issue 3: Climate change
mitigation and adaptation
• There are implications for organizations in terms
of both minimizing their own GHG emissions
(mitigation) and planning for a changing climate
(adaptation)
• Adapting to climate change has social
implications in the form of impacts on health,
prosperity and human rights
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Dr. Blair W. Feltmate, Professor and Director, Sustainability
Practice,
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Adaptation
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Mitigation
“Getting it Wrong”
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IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed
global leadership on climate’ 28 February 2022
• “ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly
heatwaves and floods are among the
"unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world
will face over the next two decades due to global
warming”
A stark warning by the UN scientists with the the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
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More hot days*
Frederict…
*Max Temp > 30C
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Quebec
Toronto
London
Winnipeg
2080-2100
Calgary
Projected
Victoria
Observed
0
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
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2041-2069
2020-2040
1961-1990
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Canadian disaster damage
Number of events
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Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
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World Energy Supply (Mtoe)
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Energy consumption in Canada: 2012
(National Energy Board of Canada)
• Petroleum and other liquids: 36.4 %
• Natural gas: 30.8%
• Hydroelectric 10.8%
• Nuclear: 9.1%
• Coal: 7.1%
• Non-hydro renewables: 5.8%
•
(https://www.neb-one.gc.ca/nrg/ntgrtd/ftr/2013/indexeng.html?o=35221&l=sem&qsrc=990&qo=serpSearchTopBox&ad=semD&ap=google.com.mx&an=google_s&am=
modifiedbroad#s4_1)
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Dr. Blair W. Feltmate, Professor and Director, Sustainability
Practice, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
1. Will increases in GHG emissions from
human sources continue for the next 30
years? Yes
2. Is “climate change driving climate change”
through positive feedback systems? Yes*
(* > 350 ppm CO2 is the tipping point)
Should more resources be directed to
Adaptation?
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Community Involvement and Development
(6.8.7.2 Wealth and income creation0
1. Support initiatives to stimulate diversification of existing
economic activity in the community
2. Give preference to and develop local suppliers
3. Assist organizations to operate legally
4. Assist women and other socially disadvantaged and
vulnerable groups to establish businesses and co-operatives
5. Encourage the efficient use of available resources including
the good care of domesticated animals
6. Support organizations and persons that bring needed
products and services to the community
7. Develop community-based associations of entrepreneurs
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Community Involvement and Development:
Engineers hearing the call
The Pikangikum First Nation Working Group (2011), is made
up of volunteers that act in solidarity with the people of
Pikangikum First Nations to improve their quality of life.
The PWG was created in response to the report:
‘The Office of the Chief Coroner’s Death Review of the
Youth suicides at the Pikangikum First Nation 2006-2008.
(Report), released in September, 2010.
In the years from 2006-2008, 16 children and youth
between the ages of 10-19 killed themselves by hanging
in the Pikangikum First Nation.’
November/December 2018: Pikangikum Article in Engineering Dimensions NovDec18.pdf http://www.peo.on.ca/index.php/ci_id/32823/la_id/1.htm
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Deaths of 4 girls in Pikangikum: August 2017
•
21 March
2022
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From This
12/22/2013
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And this: Water outlet
12/22/2013
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To this: National Chief, Sean Atleo with elder and
grandmother in Roy’s house with water system
12/22/2013
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To this:
hot and cold
running
water in a
home in
Pikangikum
First Nation
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Pikangikum Working Group: Collaboration to
address Priorities of Chief and Council
The following is a list and the approximate funding for initiatives implemented
with the people of Pikangikum: Over $5,000,000 in funding
1
Focus Area
Training and and employing 18 Pikangikum youth to install Water and
Wastewater Systems in 46 homes
Funding
$1,500,000
2
Replacing 3600 incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs to reduce energy
$22,000
3
Youth lumber cooperative
$1,000,000
4
Group transition home for young offenders from Pikangikum and women
and children at risk
$1,500,000
5
Solar hot water youth training project
$50,000
6
Support for Pikangikum First Nation’s Eenchokay Birchstick School
Initiatives
$55,000
7
Providing 150 Laptop Computers for the old School
$70,000
8
Providing Pikangikum Clothing, Bedding, Diapers, Food, Water, Books
$50,000
9
500 KW Generator
$50,000
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Pikangikum First Nation’s food security project for 2022
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PWG: Contributing to Reconciliation and
Sustainable Development
• This collaboration between the people of
Pikangikum First Nation and a small group of
Canadian volunteers contributes to
Reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians
As Margaret Mead said,
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
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Phase 3: Standards for Governance and Risk
Management
Sustainability
CSR
Economic:
Customers,
Shareholders
Suppliers,
partners
Environmental:
The Environment
Community
Social:
Employees
Community
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Key Management
System/Guideline
ISO 9001
Quality Management
System
Contribution to
Sustainability
 Know and
continually
improve customer
satisfaction and
performance
 Know and reduce
impact on
environment
including GHG
accounting and
verification
 Meet regulations
ISO 14001
Environmental
Management System
ISO 14064.1,2,3&
WBCSD/WRI GHG
Protocols
GHG Reporting and
Reduction
OHSAS 18001

Occupational Health
and Safety Management
System

Sustainability






UN Global
Compact
OECD Guidelines
IFC Performance
Indicators
Global Reporting
Initiative
AA1000
AA1000AS
Know and reduce
hazards and risks
to employees,
Meet regulations
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Phase 4: Stakeholder Engagement
(cl. 5.3.2)
To identify your stakeholders, ask the following questions:
1. To whom do legal obligations exist
2. Who might be positively or negatively affected by the
organization’s activities and decisions
3. Who is likely to express concerns about the decisions
and activities of the organization?
4. Who can help the organization address specific impacts
5. Who would be disadvantaged if they were excluded
from the engagement
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Phase 5: Communicating and enhancing
credibility of your SR claims
Verification vs Certification…
• ISO 26000 is ‘neither intended nor appropriate for
certification purposes’
• But: it is intended for ‘verification’ of claims about SR
• Clause ’7.5.3’ on communication with stakeholders says:
‘the organization’s activities can be verified through
internal review and assurance or verified by external
assurance’
• The verification process could also include reporting
conformance to the reporting guidelines of an external
organization such as those outlined in the Annex to ISO
26000 the GRI and AA1000 Assurance Standard
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Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines
• A framework for reporting on an organization’s
economic, environmental, and social
performance (Triple Bottom Line)
• Indicators give information on the economic,
environmental and social performance or
impacts of an organization
– https://www.globalreporting.org/Information/aboutgri/Pages/default.aspx
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PANDEMIC BONUS:
Getting the job you want
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Template for your resume
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Prepare your hit list: 20 possible jobs +
Organization
Contact
Contacted
Info
Tel#
email
Outcome
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Example: Target municipalities in Canada for
governance and risk management in water
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Part 4: The Calling of an Engineer
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The Calling of an Engineer
“We begin to die the day we remain
silent about things that matter.”
Dr. Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King: Walk to Freedom:
“I have a Dream”, Detroit, June 23, 1963
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Questions???
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