Skip to content

Organizational Culture

What is Organizational Culture?

The shared values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors within an organization that influence how people interact and make decisions.

Governance

What the standards actually require on organizational culture

Requirements naming organizational culture across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

Those involved in procurement, including internal stakeholders such as budget holders, should understand why sustainable procurement is implemented and how to play their part, helped by a culture that supports it, by performance management, and by education, t...

iso-20400-2017-sustainable-procurement::6.2.1 · 6.2.1 Organizational culture →
ISO 22320:20182 controls

The organization should make an effort to see things from other points of view: those within and outside the organization, various response scenarios, differing needs, the various actions required, and different organizational cultures and objectives.

iso-22320-2018::5.2.2 · 5.2.2 Different perspectives →
ISO 304011 control

The organization shall demonstrate that it has addressed organizational culture as a means of supporting the knowledge management system;

iso-30401::4.5 · 4.5 Knowledge management culture →

Human capital area 6 of eleven, a disclosure topic of the metrics and targets area (Table 1). Metrics' focus: how well internal stakeholders pull together towards the organization's results.

iso-30414-2025::HCA.6 · Leadership, culture and engagement (human capital area) →

The governing body should steer the carrying out of the strategy actively and responsively, within the governance policies (values included) and the shifting risk context, weighing value creation today against the innovation the future demands.

iso-37000-2021::6.3.3.2.2 · 6.3.3.2.2 Steer the strategy →

Questions people ask about organizational culture

What is Organizational Culture?
The shared values, beliefs, norms, and behaviors within an organization that influence how people interact and make decisions.
Why is Organizational Culture important for compliance?
Organizational Culture is a key concept in Governance. Understanding organizational culture helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Organizational Culture?
Organizational Culture appears in the requirement text of ISO 20400:2017 - Sustainable Procurement, ISO 22320:2018, ISO 30401, ISO 30414:2025, ISO 37000:2021. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Organizational Culture?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how organizational culture applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how Organizational Culture applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.