The normalization of deviance is a dangerous phenomenon in aviation where cutting corners or accepting substandard performance becomes the accepted practice, often justified by phrases like "we've ...

An air-monitoring system in the fall failed to pick up the spread of radioactive contamination from a Hanford demolition site, giving management false assurance that controls were effective, according ...

“When the sociologist Diane Vaughan came up with the term ‘the normalization of deviance,’ she was referring to NASA administrators’ disregard of the flaw that caused the Challenger space shuttle to ...

Peter Matthews talks with Battalion Chief Grant Tinker about the normalization of deviance, often mistaken for complacency, and how deeper in the fire service and carries serious consequences. In this ...

BALTIMORE, Md. – By their very nature, firefighters are deviants – but in a good way. So it’s almost natural there’s a “normalization of deviance” in the fire service. Lt. John Dixon, a fire ...

The "normalization of deviance" describes the dangerous phenomenon where individuals or groups gradually accept substandard practices, like skipping checklists or preflight preparations, until they ...