This talk proposes that the concepts developed for Just Culture may provide an avenue to broaden the scope of accident
investigation and move away from the "blame" outcome of most reports
through the use of a simple Just Culture algorithm
to mitigate cognitive bias on the part of the investigator. Absent a formal strategy, cognitive bias has
a high probability of occurring, and becoming integrated into the investigators
subconscious during the early stages of an accident investigation. Just Culture is becoming widely accepted, and as
such the transition to integrating an investigative model utilizing the concept
should be easier to implement and may encounter less political push back than
some of the more complex approaches proposed in recent years, yet still provide
a robust path to causality and human factors aspects that is more comprehensive
than that offered through the traditional models that are still in use by most
organizations.