There is a term for that we use (and are guilty of) here in the nuclear power industry, "Institutional Arrogance". Our managers here got a letter last year from the NRC informing them that there was a "chilled work environment" here, meaning that the line workers were reluctant to bring up safety issues for fear of reprisal.
Of course managers explain their way out of trouble and roll the problem back onto the maintenance workers...
It's all fun and games until something bad happens.
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