What does the meaning of the mandatory principle in security management entail?

(1) The meaning of the principle of coercion: It involves using coercive measures to control people’s intentions and actions, so that an individual’s activities and behaviors are subject to the requirements of safety management, thereby achieving effective safety management. This is what the principle of coercion entails. Generally speaking, management carries a certain degree of coercion. Management is the process by which managers exert influence and control over those who are being managed, requiring them to obey their will, meet their demands, and complete the tasks assigned to them. Without coercion, it is impossible to effectively curb the unrestrained personality of those being managed and channel it in a direction that serves the overall management interests and objectives. The necessity of mandatory safety management is determined by the randomness of accident losses, people’s tendency to take risks, and the irreversibility of such losses. The implementation of mandatory safety management relies on strict and reasonable laws, regulations, standards, as well as rules and procedures at various levels; these regulations and systems serve as the guidelines for safe behavior. At the same time, a strong management and supervision system is necessary to ensure that those who are under management always act in accordance with the established guidelines; severe penalties must be imposed if their behavior exceeds these limits. (II) Principles of the principle of coercion 1. The principle of safety first: Safety first means that safety must be given top priority in all activities, including production. When production and other tasks conflict with safety, safety must take precedence; production and other tasks must yield to safety. This is the principle of putting safety first. The principle of putting safety first can be regarded as the fundamental principle of safety management, as well as an important part of China’s safety production policy. Adhering to the principle of safety first means that leaders in all economic sectors and manufacturing enterprises must attach great importance to safety, treat safety work as a top priority, and consider ensuring safety as a prerequisite for completing various tasks and performing all work well. When planning, arranging, and carrying out various tasks, safety should be the top priority, with preventive measures taken in advance to avoid accidents. This principle emphasizes that safe production must be regarded as a fundamental aspect for evaluating the quality of a company’s operations, as an indicator with a \"veto power\" – production is not allowed to proceed if it is unsafe. 2. Supervision Principle: In order to ensure that production management departments at all levels strictly comply with safety laws, regulations, standards, and rules and procedures, protect the safety and health of employees, and achieve safe production, it is necessary to assign specialized departments and personnel to carry out supervision, inspection, and punitive actions. This helps to identify problems in safety practices, urge their resolution, and hold those responsible for violations and negligence accountable – this is the supervision principle in safety management. Security management carries a high degree of compulsoriness; it only requires that systems automatically enforce security regulations, but without a robust oversight system to monitor such enforcement, the coercive power of these regulations cannot be fully utilized. With the development of the socialist market economy, enterprises have become independent legal entities that operate autonomously and are responsible for their own profits and losses. **The differences in interests among enterprises, their managers, and employees are also reflected in safety management. It manifests as contradictions between production and safety, efficiency and safety, local benefits and societal benefits, as well as short-term interests and long-term interests. Business owners often tend to focus one-sidedly on quality, profits, production volume, etc., while neglecting the safety and health of their employees. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to establish a department for safety production supervision and management, assign qualified supervisors, and grant them the necessary coercive powers to ensure that they can carry out their supervisory duties and that safety management measures are effectively implemented.

The principle of coercion involves using mandatory measures to control people’s intentions and actions, subjecting an individual’s activities and behaviors to the requirements of safety management in order to achieve effective safety management. Generally speaking, management involves a certain degree of coercion; it is the manager who exerts influence and control over those being managed, requiring them to obey their will, meet their demands, and complete the tasks assigned to them – which clearly implies a coercive element. Without coercion, it is impossible to effectively curb the unrestrained personality of those being managed and channel it in a direction that serves the overall management interests and objectives. Security management requires greater enforceability for the following three reasons: ① The randomness of accident losses. When enterprises do not pay attention to safety measures, and there are unsafe behaviors on the part of people or unsafe conditions in terms of equipment, accidents and the losses they cause are random in nature; catastrophic consequences do not necessarily occur immediately. This leads people to think that safety measures are unimportant and dispensable, thereby further neglecting safety efforts. As a result, unsafe behaviors and conditions continue to exist until an accident occurs, at which point it is too late to regret it. 　　 　　②Humanity’s “adventure” mentality. By “adventure” here, it is meant that some people are willing to take the risk of being harmed in order to obtain certain benefits. People with this mindset underestimate the potential likelihood of accidents, rely on luck, and make wrong choices between avoiding risks and seeking benefits. Here, the meaning of “interests” includes: saving effort and time, seeking comfort, caring about appearance, showing off or being competitive, and increasing financial gains, etc. A sense of adventure often leads people to engage in consciously unsafe behaviors. 　　 　　③The irreversibility of accident losses. This reason can be said to be the fundamental reason why mandatory measures are needed in safety management. 　　 　　Once an accident causes losses, it often results in permanent damage, especially to human life and health, which cannot be compensated for. Therefore, in terms of safety, experience is generally indirect, and it is not permissible for those involved to accumulate experience and improve their awareness by making mistakes.

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