Managers shall demonstrate leadership for safety and commitment to safety. The senior management of the organization shall demonstrate leadership for safety by:
- Establishing, advocating, and adhering to an organizational approach to safety that stipulates that, as an overriding priority, issues relating to protection and safety receive the attention warranted by their significance;
- Acknowledging that safety encompasses interactions between people, technology, and the organization;
- Establishing behavioral expectations and fostering a strong safety culture;
- Establishing the acceptance of personal accountability in relation to safety on the part of all individuals in the organization and establishing those decisions taken at all levels take account of the priorities and accountabilities for safety.
Managers at all levels in the organization, taking into account their duties, shall ensure that their leadership includes:
- Setting goals for safety that are consistent with the organization’s policy for safety, actively seeking information on safety performance within their area of responsibility and demonstrating commitment to improving safety performance;
- Development of individual and institutional values and expectations for safety throughout the organization by means of their decisions, statements and actions;
- Ensuring that their actions serve to encourage the reporting of safety related problems, to develop questioning and learning attitudes, and to correct acts or conditions that are adverse to safety.
Managers at all levels in the organization:
- Shall encourage and support all individuals in achieving safety goals and performing their tasks safely;
- Shall engage all individuals in enhancing safety performance;
- Shall communicate clearly the basis for decisions relevant to safety
