General Motors safety culture

In the January 2005 issue of Professional Safety, Building a Better Safety Vehicle Leadership-Driven Culture Change at General Motors written by Steven Simon and Pat Frazee appears. This is a statement on the General Motors (GM) experience ... 

In the companies that scored well, the positive safety culture is driven by senior executives, and in some instances, by the board of directors. At those levels, incident experience is reviewed and personnel are held accountable for results. An example of how the absence of executive and board interest in safety was transformed into positive and active leadership may be found in Building a Better Safety Vehicle Leadership-driven Culture Change at General Motors ... 

Manuele, Fred A. On the Practice Of Safety. Hoboken, NJ John Wiley Sons, 2003. Simon, Steven I., and Patrick R. Frazee. Building a Better Safety Vehicle Leadership-driven culture change at General Motors. Professional Safety, January 2005. 

Safety pertains to both individuals and property. The most obvious safety-related HVAC controls are pressure and temperature cutout switches that shut off equipment to prevent damage to both the device and the operator. It is interesting to note that levels of safety consciousness vary throughout the world. While the general pattern would seem to indicate more concern for safety in economically developed countries, there are variances from country to country based on culture and operational practices. For example, it is quite normal for a motor... 

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