The American Heritage Dictionary de

The American Heritage Dictionary defines ‘‘culture’’ as ‘‘the totality of socially
transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought characteristic of a community or population.’’ More specifically then,corporate culture is a pattern of beliefs and assumptions shared by members of the
organization that operates unconsciously and that defines in a basic, taken-for-granted
fashion an organization’s view of itself and its environment (Schein, 1986). Safety culture is often seen as a subset of organizational culture, where the beliefs and values refer specifically to matters of health and safety