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ROAR 2013 Issue 3 page 06
ROAR 2013 Issue 3 page 07
Vision, Mission and Values Posters
By Chan Jin Kiat, Human Resources
When someone mentions
DNA to me, the first thing
that comes to my mind
is not “deoxyribonucleic
acid”. Instead, I think about
DNA being “the underlying
fundamentals or characteristics
of someone or something” 1 .
When we set ourselves the task
of having a theme that allows our
colleagues to best associate the
importance of our core values
in guiding us towards achieving
our Vision and Mission, the
analogy of our core values being
the company’s DNA really
hit it home for us! Therefore,
when we discussed our “Vision,
Mission and Values” posters, the
DNA molecule and DNA chain
became integral features in the
design of our posters.
The poster on the left
communicates our company’s
Vision, Mission and Values.
Using a DNA molecule, the
poster illustrates that our core
values will help guide and lead
each of us towards helping our
company achieve its Vision and
Mission. The poster on the right
communicates, in more detail,
the essence of each of our core
values, the key focus areas for
each of them and the behaviours
that we are expected to have in
living out the values. Using the
DNA chain in the poster on the right, it is intended to illustrate that we, as employees of PCSG/SPC/
COSG, collectively form an important DNA chain that can help bind and unite us together to overcome
any challenges and work towards a new frontier.
From the month of June 2013, the posters were installed progressively for display in various locations
throughout our offices in Millenia Tower, Jurong Bulk Plant and Pulau Sebarok Terminal. We do hope
that these posters will provide our employees with an increased awareness and understanding of our
Vision, Mission and Values. In time to come, our employees will be able to fully apply the values to
themselves and live by them to help our company achieve greater success.
Corporate Value Introduction Series:
SAFETY
By Benjamin Ong, Refinery Projects & Commerical, Refining
This is the first article to an introductory series on our corporate
values. We begin by highlighting safety and the importance of
consistent compliance to safe and environmental practices and
being socially responsible towards both the community where
we conduct our businesses and the environment. These help to
create a safe working environment and maintain the company’s
aim as a responsible oil and gas operator in the region.
As employees, we play a significant role in contributing to
our company’s Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE)
performance through six practices, namely:
1. Observance of good HSE habits and practices;
2. Complying with PCSG’s HSE policies, procedures,
laws and regulations;
3. Continuous identification, intervention and elimination
of potential HSE hazards;
4. Including care and concern for human lives and the
community as part of business decision making;
5. Acting responsibly to protect the environment; and
6. Adopting energy-efficient, eco-friendly practices.
How these six practices function can be illustrated with the
Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model in the figure. Each cheese slice
represents a protective layer of check-and-control measure
that prevents an incident from occurring. These measures can
include activities like pre-work risk assessments, procedural
controls and audit, which unfortunately may have inherent
limitations and gaps, represented by the “holes” in the cheese.
Incidents could be an explosion, injury at work or reputational
loss/embarrassment for the company due to an oil spillage and
damage to the environment. They occur when all the holes from all the
protective layers coincide and a hazard or risk passes through the layer
undetected, subsequently developing into a full-scale incident.
When each employee applies the six practices diligently to the
existing protective layers, the “holes in the cheese” are controlled
and reduced layer by layer. Conversely, when these six practices are
neglected, the number of incidents will generally increase. With a
practice of continuous identification of HSE hazards, employees will
begin to take more precautions and identify better ways to
strengthen existing controls, thereby identifying gaps and
closing the “holes” in the cheese, increasing the chances of
hazard or risk detection and improving the general HSE level
of the workplace.
Hazards
& Risks
Pre-existing
Factors
Organisational
Factors
Unsafe
Supervision
Unsafe
Acts
Figure: Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model
Incidents
So as you are reading this, where are some areas in which you can
apply these six practices to make our safety system more robust and the
“holes” smaller?
1.
Source: Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com)