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SAFETY

The fear of getting bitten by the U.S. Coast

Guard is NOT why you should have a SMS.

Fear usually gets you compliance at best, con- cealment at worst; falling far short of the target for which we all should be aiming … For all its merits, however, we should all keep our eyes open for the pervasive by-product called com- pliance culture, wherein safety is static, only achieves the minimum, and exists mostly to satisfy regulators; all of which leads to overcon-