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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The Dark Side of Culture Management: Functional Stupidity

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Culture is the collection of values and assumptions that underlie organizational decisions and other actions.  We have long encouraged org...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

DOE Inspector General Piles On: Bechtel CAP and DOE Oversight Deficient at the Vit Plant

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The Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General (IG) recently released an audit report * on deficiencies in Bechtel’s Corrective Action...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

NEA’s Safety Culture Guidance for Nuclear Regulators

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A recent Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) publication * describes desirable safety culture (SC) characteristics for a nuclear regulator.  Its p...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Ethics, Individual Misconduct and Organizational Culture

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Ethics* are rules for conduct or behavior.  They are basically a social (as opposed to an individual or psychological) construct and part ...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

IAEA Urges Stronger Nuclear Safety Culture in Japan

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Fukushima The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently completed a peer review of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NR...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

A Nuclear Safety Culture for Itinerant Workers

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IAEA has published “ Radiation Protection of Itinerant Workers ”* a report that describes management responsibilities and practices to pro...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Targeted Safety Culture Assessment at Columbia Generating Station

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Columbia Generating Station The Columbia Generating Station (CGS) got into trouble with the NRC when two members of the security departm...
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Monday, January 4, 2016

How Top Management Decisions Shape Culture

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A brief article* in the December 2015 The Atlantic magazine asks “What was VW thinking?” then reviews a few classic business cases to show...
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