Values and Behavior: Building a Culture that Promotes Safety
We safety professionals often talk about the benefits of establishing safety as a basic value within an organization. Typically, we talk about wanting to move safety from a priority to a value, using the rationale that priorities change over time while values remain unchanged. The logic is simple and straightforward. But what do we really mean when we talk about wanting to establish safety as a value? Usually, that managers and employees never compromise safety for any reason, such as to maintain production or make a procedure more convenient.
Table of Contents
What is the Relationship Between Values and Behavior?
How Do We Establish Safety as a Personal Value?
How Do We Establish Safety as a Cultural Value?
Published in Proceedings of ASSE's Professional Development Conference, American Society of Safety Engineers. Nashville, TX, June 2002.