Guided by principles or rules: a Delphi study on how safety professionals frame safety practices
| dc.contributor.author | Pilbeam, Colin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Denyer, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sutliff, Mike | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-10T15:04:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-10T15:04:59Z | |
| dc.date.freetoread | 2025-01-10 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-04-01 | |
| dc.date.pubOnline | 2025-01-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores how safety professionals conceptualize and articulate safety practices, examining how their framing influences actions, facilitates learning from failures, and impacts overall safety outcomes. Twenty-nine safety professionals participated in a Delphi study, which included three online workshops and three rounds of surveys. Eighteen safety practices were developed, framed as both rules-based and principles-based practices. Survey results indicated that both rules-based and principles-based practices were considered essential for achieving safety, with their relative balance likely being context-dependent. While all practices were considered important for preventing accidents, those framed as principles were seen as more challenging to implement but ultimately more effective, especially in complex situations. Better understanding of the way in which safety practices are framed has significant implications for the development of safety standards, guidelines, and recommendations. | |
| dc.description.journalName | Safety Science | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We would like to thank Royal Academy of Engineering, UK for financial support for this work. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pilbeam C, Denyer D, Sutliff M. (2025) Guided by principles or rules: a Delphi study on how safety professionals frame safety practices. Safety Science, Volume 184, April 2025, Article number 106772 | |
| dc.identifier.elementsID | 561823 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0925-7535 | |
| dc.identifier.paperNo | 106772 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106772 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23364 | |
| dc.identifier.volumeNo | 184 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.publisher.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092575352400362X?via%3Dihub | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Human Factors | |
| dc.subject | 40 Engineering | |
| dc.subject | 42 Health sciences | |
| dc.subject | 52 Psychology | |
| dc.title | Guided by principles or rules: a Delphi study on how safety professionals frame safety practices | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-12-23 |