Aaron Chen is the Global Product Steward/Senior Industrial Hygienist for the DuPont Clean and Disinfect businesses. He is a certified industrial hygienist and has a masters degree in public health from Tulane University. Aaron presently is a member of AIHA, ASSE, The Health Physics Society and diplomate of ABIH. He is a member of the Joint Industrial Hygiene Ethics Education Committee as well as member of AIHA. Practice Standards and Guidelines Committee and Stewardship and Sustainability Committee. He also is communications director of the Delaware AIHA Local Section. He can be reached at 302-695-4332 or aaron.chen-1@usa.dupont.com.
One of your readers recently emailed: “I have always found it interesting that the ES&H function in a significant number of corporations is managed, note I did not say led, by executives who have failed somewhere else in their corporation and are clueless when it comes to ES&H activities.”
Today's headlines are chock-full of stories perceived to be issues of ethical misconduct. Some chief executive officers are seen walking into court handcuffed and charged with leading their businesses into financial distress and even bankruptcy while ending up with huge compensation packages.
