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Leadership Commitment — Clause 5 as Cultural Foundation

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  • Clause 5 puts leadership at the center of the QMS and strengthened these duties in 2015.
  • Top management cannot delegate accountability for QMS effectiveness, integration, risk thinking, or customer focus.
  • Leader behaviors visible to employees shape culture more powerfully than any policy statement.
  • What leaders measure, reward, punish, and ignore signals what quality truly means.
  • Cultural initiatives without genuine top management commitment consistently fail regardless of spending.

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