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Related: About this forumWorkers at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Report Culture of Fear, Deep Mistrust
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20121003/san-onofre-nuclear-power-plant-california-edison-whistleblower-leaked-document-restructuring-fukushima-safety
Workers at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Report Culture of Fear, Deep Mistrust
Edison, the utility that runs San Onofre, is in upheaval as it digests new evidence that many of its employees are working in an environment of fear.
By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News
Oct 4, 2012
Story updated at 3 p.m. EDT, Oct. 4, 2012
The utility that runs California's troubled San Onofre nuclear plant is in the midst of unprecedented upheaval as it works to rein in bloated management, address ethics issues and digest new evidence that many of its employees work in a "pressure-cooker" environment marked by overwork, distrust and fear of retaliation, according to documents obtained by InsideClimate News.
The internal documentsone report, one companywide survey and a series of management e-mailsreveal that in the last few months, electric utility Southern California Edison has quietly begun a restructuring that has thus far included the ouster or retirement of several top executives, the consolidation of ethics investigations within SCE's corporate parent and the reorganization of several departments.
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According to the company's most recent employee ethics and compliance survey, summarized in a June 2012 presentation obtained by InsideClimate News, only 39 percent of the utility's workers agreed that Edison rewards people who follow its ethics and compliance standards. Only 54 percent said they could question management decisions without fear of retaliation. And 38 percent said Edison does not reward questionable actions, compared to 61 percent in a 2007 national survey that asked a similar question.
Karlene Roberts, an expert in workplace culture within high-risk industries and a professor at University of California Berkeley's Haas business school, said this about those survey results: "Those numbers are bad ... that company's in trouble."
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Workers at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Report Culture of Fear, Deep Mistrust
Edison, the utility that runs San Onofre, is in upheaval as it digests new evidence that many of its employees are working in an environment of fear.
By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News
Oct 4, 2012
Story updated at 3 p.m. EDT, Oct. 4, 2012
The utility that runs California's troubled San Onofre nuclear plant is in the midst of unprecedented upheaval as it works to rein in bloated management, address ethics issues and digest new evidence that many of its employees work in a "pressure-cooker" environment marked by overwork, distrust and fear of retaliation, according to documents obtained by InsideClimate News.
The internal documentsone report, one companywide survey and a series of management e-mailsreveal that in the last few months, electric utility Southern California Edison has quietly begun a restructuring that has thus far included the ouster or retirement of several top executives, the consolidation of ethics investigations within SCE's corporate parent and the reorganization of several departments.
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According to the company's most recent employee ethics and compliance survey, summarized in a June 2012 presentation obtained by InsideClimate News, only 39 percent of the utility's workers agreed that Edison rewards people who follow its ethics and compliance standards. Only 54 percent said they could question management decisions without fear of retaliation. And 38 percent said Edison does not reward questionable actions, compared to 61 percent in a 2007 national survey that asked a similar question.
Karlene Roberts, an expert in workplace culture within high-risk industries and a professor at University of California Berkeley's Haas business school, said this about those survey results: "Those numbers are bad ... that company's in trouble."
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Workers at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Report Culture of Fear, Deep Mistrust (Original Post)
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Oct 2012
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antiquie
(4,299 posts)1. October 9th
Thank you for posting this. Without you, I would not have known.
"The NRC said it expects to spend several months analyzing Edison's filing. The commission will host a public meeting in Southern California Oct. 9 to discuss SONGS developments."
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. They should change the name to the "Springfield Nuclear Power Plant"
antiquie
(4,299 posts)3. Sad but true n/t