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The implication of health and safety culture is gigantically associated with the
interaction, influence, hierarchy and norms of a peer group. For base case under
consideration a malice and heedless approach is observed regarding the health and safety
at work place. The employer assertively believes that HSE culture is not pertinent as it is
not associated with the ambitious sale profit. This interprets the extreme materialistic
For instance, the oblivious attitude of the managing director depicts mutinous interest
towards health and safety being detached from norm of operation. In the same manner the
conviction of head of sales is extremely unassertive to deploy health and safety; this has
aggravating negative impact not only on the subordinates but also on the leadership team
As mentioned in base scenario, Managing director due to his unawareness and grueling
association with delegates is coordinated only with head of sales strengthening his
vocational influence on the experienced working apprentice that indirectly promotes his
neglectful concern for safety culture that seeps down from sales supervisor to the
leadership team and common labor. For instance employee were engaged in rash driving
at parking area, alongside using phone merely seeking satisfaction and happiness in
adventure utterly subjugating the health and safety concern opted in workplace. Within
same vicinity sales supervisor is oblivion from safety concern by portraying no need of
safety training and drill due to low fire risk that verily is the obnoxious trickle down peer
influence of HOS. Secondly rushing the job as it is associated with sales margin depicts
influence of chain of command is completing task at a tradeoff with health and safety.
One of the most perpetual imbricating phenomena opted from the peer pressure influence
is the tenacity to perform right obligation in the nuisance of peer lobby. For instance an
individual effort from senior sales person in paradigm of health and safety concern is
observed, but is subjugated by the negative lobby pressure from the subordinates and
culture. One of the unravel domino effect of negative viscount influence is observed
during the trip incident by the layman which was observed by sales supervisor, instead of
reporting he neglected the wholesome affair. It construes that the health and safety
implication is no more than a formality for the administration. This is predicated as the
References
RRC International Study material, IG1, Management of Health & safety
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