Jeroen Michels

Jeroen Michels has over 12 years of experience in governance, anti-corruption, and programme management. He held various positions in government, as he led internal and external anti-corruption activities of the Belgian Development Agency, and in academia and international organisations (UNMIK, UNICEF, UNESCO, and EU External Action Service).

Erna Witoelar

Erna is the former UN Special Ambassador for MDGs in the Asia Pacific (2003-2007); Indonesian Minister of Human Settlements and Regional Development (1999-2001), and President of the Consumers International (1991-1997). She was a member of the Commission on Developing Countries and Global Changes (1990-1992), Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (2006-2009), Earth Charter Commission (1997-2014) and Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance (2014-2015).

Norma Masor

Professor Norma Mansor is the Director of Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC) at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, a position she holds since 2013. She is a professor at the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics at the Faculty, where she served as Dean from April 2004 to June 2009. She was also a Ragnar Nurkse Visiting Professor at Talinn University of Technology, Estonia in 2015.

Safety in High-Speed Railways and the Importance of Top-Management Decisions

Safety is a central issue during the planning and implementation of high-speed railways. Top management has a role to play in improving the safety culture of organizations. The authors conduct an assessment of the safety cultures at two railway companies, illustrate the importance of sustained efforts from top leaders in developing a positive safety culture, and conclude that the dynamics related to safety culture are also affected by other components in the system.