Corporate Governance

Risk Management and Governance

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Today’s society seems to be preoccupied with the notion of risk. The examples of
the devastating flood in Pakistan in 2010, the hurricane Katrina in 2005, the so
called “Mad Cow Disease” (BSE) in Great Britain, the terrorist attack on the World
Trade Center in New York, and the major accident of a nuclear power plant in
Chernobyl to name just a few, have gained much public attention and have given
rise to a growing discontent between the public’s desire to see risks reduced and the
actual performance of risk management institutions. There is confusion about the
potential of risk assessment and risk management. What can society do to reduce
risks? What does the term “risk” imply and how is this term understood among
engineers and statisticans, natural and social scientists, regulators, social groups and
the public at large? What is so special about risk that makes it such an important
issue in contemporary politics?

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Risk Management and Governance

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: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg., 2010

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English

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978-3-642-13926-0

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Corporate Governance

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