blame culture

British

noun

the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc

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"All that contributes to a blame culture as well."

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Inspectors also highlighted a "blame culture" at the trust, which resulted in staff being reluctant to raise concerns and incidents.

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Cybermindz founder Peter Coroneos says cybersecurity workers can be caught in a "blame culture" where their successes are "low visibility".

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She said those figures were "not widely different" from other industries but suggested there was more of a blame culture in the NHS than other sectors.

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Liz Kendall tells the paper it's time to end what she calls "a blame culture", aimed at people out of work .

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