MORAL CHALLENGES VOCATIONAL WELLBEING AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS IBD

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The Australian first responder community - police, ambulance, firefighters, emergency servicesáand border protection - face many challenges in serving the public interest. This collection ofáperspectives is the first attempt to draw on the experiences of qualified practitioners and theáexpertise of leading academics to examine the moral dimensions of vocational wellbeing.áThe aim is two-fold. First, to help executives and leaders become more attentive to the moraládimensions of first responder employment, mitigating possible risk and managing potentialádisruption to personal narratives and institutional reputations. Second, to assist human resourcesáofficers and workplace supervisors deal more creatively with the causes and consequencesáof the moral dilemmas and ethical tensions confronting continuing and departing members.áThe contributors believe that promoting and preserving vocational well-being is importantánot only to the institutions that keep the public safe but to the individuals who see publicásafety as their calling. Reflecting on these themes will increase institutional loyalty, decreaseáworkplace turbulence and enhance both return to work and formal separation processes.Professor Tom Frame AM is the Director of the Public Leadership Research Group at UNSW,áCanberra.Table of ContentsForeword -áAndrew ColvinPreface -áTom FrameIntroduction -áTom Frame1 Fire and Rescue NSW -áRob McNeil2 Values and a people focus: Ambulance Victoria -áRebecca Hodges3 Ethical heroism and emergency services leadership -áMark Crosweller4 Silence and stigma: a law enforcement experience -áStephen Hayward5 Organisational culture and leadership:átheir influence on police wellbeing -áGrant Edwards6 Police leadership and moral wellbeing -áGraham Ashton7 Understanding the lived experience -áAndy Rhodes8 First responders and real resilience -áJeff Thompson9 Mitigating risk factors and building protective factorsáas prevention strategies -áKaty Kamkar and Konstantinos Papazoglou10 Protecting those safeguarding our community -áJohn BalePostscript -áTom Frame