To a large extent, safety is only one of a company’s many other activities. It is also a challenge, and can be a power struggle, both within and beyond the company.
The actions that are taken in the safety domain are part of a corporate strategy, and not simply the application of a recipe.
Questions
What developments have taken place in recent years and decades?
What are the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of current concepts and/or approaches (critical analysis)?
What are the controversies and inconsistencies between the different schools of thought with respect to industrial safety?
What is safety culture? Is there such a thing as a good or bad culture? Can a culture be changed?
To what extent has the industry bought-in to these concepts?
What are the current results and limitations?
Further reading
Reading advice
- A way out of the impasse, by René Amalberti
- Values/behaviour : cause or consequence ?, by René Amalberti
- Safety models, safety cultures: What link ?, by Claude Gilbert
The strategic analysis
The Foncsi carried out a strategic analysis on this subject between 2015 and 2018.
Methodology
Strategic analysis is a working methodology developed by the Foncsi. It aims to ensure high-level research over a particularly short period (18-24 months), and to establish a continuum of innovation between research and industry.
There are four key stages:
- The state of the art
- The international academic seminar
- Comparison with industrial practices
- The industrial seminar
Find out more about strategic analyses
The project team for this analysis
Experts from companies and associated organizations
- Franck Guarnieri (CRC Mines ParisTech)
- Olivier Guillaume (EDF R&D)
- Nicolas Herchin (Engie)
- Jean-Christophe Le Coze (Ineris)
- Christian Neveu (SNCF)
- Philippe Noël (TotalEnergies)
- Dounia Tazi (Icsi)
Scientific experts
- René Amalberti, Foncsi manager
- Corinne Bieder, Enac
- François Daniellou, Scientific Director Foncsi
- Claude Gilbert, CNRS
- Benoît Journé, University of Nantes
- Caroline Kamaté, Foncsi Program Manager
- Hervé Laroche, ESCP Europe Paris