Symmetric tautness tensor on Riemannian foliations

We study tautness properties of a Riemannian foliation by investigating a symmetric 2-tensor associated with the mean curvature of the foliation. As a consequence, we prove a tautness condition for Riemannian foliations on compact manifolds via the symmetric tautness tensor. Moreover, several applications of the aforementioned tensor are provided under various geometric conditions.