Unintentional Harm

It is proper to warn others about any rash behavior, unacceptable conduct, or disregard of safety regulations that are liable to cause injury.

A person who owns property or goods is responsible and accountable for any damages incurred while in their property or when using their goods.

You are always obliged to secure places under your responsibility and make them safe.

Make sure that others don’t use a place that belongs to you for the purpose of harmful or illegal actions.

Every person is obliged morally to be responsible for any activity taking place in their personal surrounding, whether by their authority, instructions, for their benefit, or on their behalf. This includes activities ensued by regulations, employees, animals, objects, equipment or installations. All these should be kept safe and secure.

A moral person must make sure to conduct themselves vigilantly at all times and at all places in order not to harm others. To this end, a person must follow the law and all relevant safety regulations.

A moral person should make sure to guide others to conduct themselves in the same safe way.

A moral person must conduct preventive maintenance of their property, equipment and installation owned or controlled by them, and checks their operation procedures and the behavior of their employees to prevent in advance any harm to others.

A moral person who encounters a safety hazard or disregard to safety regulations, must protest against it and warn against possible danger. If the hazard is not removed, it must be reported to the relevant authority.

If the danger is severe and imminent, a moral person should remove the hazard personally if at all possible. The hazard should be visibly marked to the public and reported to the proper authority.

Extra precaution is required by a person who is in charge of the lives of others, be it because of age, disease or inability. For instance: Parents, babysitters, drivers, teachers, instructors, hospital nurses, operators of heavy machinery, people who deal with dangerous substances, etc. All these people are criminally liable directly or indirectly, for being negligent or for rashly causing physical injury or death.

A person responsible for the lives of others must not carry out any actions unless they are authorized to do so, and only after making sure that it doesn't involve any danger to human lives.

A person must never undertake any action requiring professional skills that they are lacking, in order not to endanger the lives of others.

Don’t spread diseases. If there is the slightest danger of infecting other, isolate yourself from others.

Do everything within your power to prevent endangering others: Put up railings or fences, fasten loose tiles or remove them, cover open pits, prevent access to a live electrical wires, prevent fires, don’t throw away burning cigarettes, put out fires, and follow all safety regulations.

People's lives are precious and in order to protect them criminal sanctions are required. Therefore, even if a hazard was not intended to harm, and if there was no criminal intent by the person who saw it but did not report it, they are lawbreakers and accountable for their actions or inactions.