The ten factors can be gathered into four associated groups which can indicate the principal
risk culture failure tendencies of particular organizations. We have named these groups:
Transparency of risk, Acknowledgment of risk, Responsiveness of risk, and Respect for risk.
A description of each risk culture dimension in terms of the “weak” end of the continuum each
encompasses is described in more detail in the box on the following page. The examples of
failure provided in these descriptions are intended to be illustrative of particular elements of
risk culture weakness, but it is worth keeping in mind that failure events are usually the result
of more than one cultural factor.