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AMC1 ORA.GEN.200(a)(2) Management system

ED Decision 2012/007/R

COMPLEX ORGANISATIONS - SAFETY POLICY

(a)     The safety policy should:

(1)     be endorsed by the accountable manager;

(2)     reflect organisational commitments regarding safety and its proactive and systematic management;

(3)     be communicated, with visible endorsement, throughout the organisation; and

(4)     include safety reporting principles.

(b)     The safety policy should include a commitment:

(1)     to improve towards the highest safety standards;

(2)     to comply with all applicable legislation, meet all applicable standards and consider best practices;

(3)     to provide appropriate resources; 

(4)     to enforce safety as one primary responsibility of all managers; and

(5)     not to blame someone for reporting something which would not have been otherwise detected.

(c)      Senior management should:

(1)     continually promote the safety policy to all personnel and demonstrate their commitment to it;

(2)     provide necessary human and financial resources for its implementation; and

(3)     establish safety objectives and performance standards.