Precautionary Risk Management: Dealing with Catastrophic Loss Potentials in Business, The Community and Society

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Dealing with high-stakes risk potentials depends on our ability to come to grips with some easy to understand, yet difficult to apply, criteria for decision. We need to go beyond the façade of pseudo-scientific assessments that cater to special interests. We need to take a fresh, honest look at the only two sensible decision criteria: precautionary avoidance and fatalism. This book shows why scientific assessments of catastrophic risk based on 'averages' don't work, and sets the stage for making the tough choice between precaution and fatalism.

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Name in long format: precautionary-risk-management
ISBN-10: 023001352X
ISBN-13: 9780230013520
Book pages: 184
Book language: en
Edition: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions: 5.60 (w) x 8.86 (h) x 0.62 (d)

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