Golden Rules

In April 2007 during the company's six monthly safety seminar, we introduced all of our staff and many key subcontractors to our Ten Golden Rules.

Working with DuPont Safety Resources, we have gained an understanding of how we need to ensure that we have sufficient foundations in place at the 'dependant culture' phase before we can start to see the positive effects of moving through an 'independent' phase and arriving at our cultural destination of an 'interdependent culture'.

Much of the work we have done in the past few years has focussed on trying to move towards an interdependent culture where everyone looks out for each other.  There is value in this effort and we are not proposing to take a step backwards with the introduction of our Golden Rules, but simply trying to shore up the foundations of our culture.

What is a Golden Rule?

A Golden Rule is simply a standard that the company does not expect colleagues, suppliers or subcontractors to fall below for any reason whatsoever. We have chosen ten Golden Rules to make them easy to remember.

What is the consequence of non-compliance?

Anyone not complying with one of these rules should expect to be challenged.  Non-compliance will not mean automatic formal action, but a poor attitude towards the rules or failure to provide a good reason for non-complianc will result in disciplinary action or, in the case of suppliers and subcontractors, removal from site.       

Who will enforce the rules?

EVERYONE is responsible for making sure that the rules are followed. If you see someone not complying, please make sure that you challenge them immediately and report the incident to a member of the site management team.