6 UNIT : Safety Culture

Select True or False : A safety culture is generated within an organizational culture by an open and honest reporting system where employees can feel free to report safety issues without the threat of punitive measures being taken.

• True

• False

What is the model which demonstrates that an accident or serious incident may result if a minor, seemingly unimportant act aligns with other factors. ( human, technical, organizational, environment, etc.)?

• The hazard Matrix

• The Causation of Risk Factors

• The Reason for Accidents and Incidents

• The 'Swiss Cheese' Model of Accident Causation

How might a safety culture be generated within an organization?

• An ineffective safety reporting culture

• A reactive safety reporting culture

• An open and honest reporting system where employees can feel free to report safety issues without the threat of punitive measures being taken

• The minority of employee safety reports relate to identified or perceived threats within the workplace, instead of errors or incidents

Which of the following could be considered characteristics of an effective safety culture?

• Safety is a clearly recognized value

• Leadership for safety is clear

• Accountability for safety is clear

• All of the above

What are the four components of the 'Safety Culture Pyramid'?

• Safety values, Safety leadership, Safety Attitudes, Safety Performance

• Safety Values, Safety Leadership, Safety attributes, Safety performance

• Safety policy and objectives, Safety risk management, Safety assurance, safety promotion

• Safety values, safety leadership, safety attitudes, Safety promotion

What is the airline industry tool which can measure safety attitudes and continuously improve safety culture, using a standardized methodology and key performance indicators?

• The ICAO Aviation Safety Culture (I-ASC) Survey

• The integrated Safety and Quality Management System (iSQMS)

• The IATA Aviation Safety Culture (I-ASC) Survey

• The integrated Safety and Risk Management System (iSRMS)

An organization with a just culture is one with :

• An atmosphere where employees as well as managers are known to either hide errors or to falsify performance data to mask errors

• An atmosphere where a mishap is dealt with by focusing on the individual's accountability and reprimanding the individual for the failure

• An atmosphere where individual employees can use a formal reporting system to provide information on their own errors or systemic hazards without fear of reprisal

• An atmosphere of trust, where individuals with a safety conscience are encourage or may even be rewarded for engaging with safety processes

Select True or False : An effective safety culture links personal behaviors of those with a safety conscience with the safety Management System (SMS)

• True

• False

A mature, generative safety culture is one in which :

• Safety is a problem caused by workers

• Organizations start to take safety seriously but there is only action after incidents

• Safety is driven by management systems

• There is active participation at all levels

A positive aviation safety culture will result in

• More engaged employees who think and act in more safety-conscious ways

• Employees who feel personal responsibility for the safety performance of the organization

• Employees help identify and protect their organization and passengers against risks that could result in fatalities and casualities

• All of the above