Operationalising a safety culture in the management of a business entity (case study)
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Date
2022
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1899-6264
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2451-0718
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Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM
Abstract
Safety culture – along with quality and environmental culture – determines a positive
image, competitive advantage and financial benefits. As a result, interest in this category
continues to grow (CE or B certification). Safety culture can be considered from the
point of view of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, economics and management as evidenced
by Andrzej Chodyński’s rich compilation of terms, definitions and points of reference.
The aim of the article is to look at safety culture as an object of economic accounting, thus treating safety culture as an economic category and answering the questions: can
safety culture be an object of operationalisation based on the principle of dualism dominant
in accounting and, therefore, can safety culture be a measurable category using the
general profitability index? These issues are particularly important from the perspective
of Safety First companies. The answers to the research problems posed are provided by
a literature analysis, an analysis of financial documents and a case study. For the identification
and valuation of safety culture, the generalised ROAH was used. The article thus
resolves the measurability of safety culture and introduces, verifies and evaluates a tool
grounded in accounting theory.
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Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka 2022, nr 2, s. 91-102.