Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies [Paperback]

Risk communication helps companies, governments and institutions minimise disputes, resolve issues and anticipate problems before they result in an irreversible breakdown in communications. Without good risk communication and good risk management, policy makers have no roadmap to guide them through unforeseen problems, which frequently derails the best policies and results in a breakdown in communications and a loss of trust on behalf of those they are trying hardest to persuade. Most policy makers still use outdated methods - developed at a time before health scares like BSE, genetically modified organisms and dioxin in Belgian chicken feed eroded public confidence in industry and government - to communicate policies and achieve their objectives. Good risk communication is still possible, however. In this book, through the use of a host of case studies from four countries, the author identifies a series of methods that are set to work in a post trust society.Introduction and Overview A Review of the Four Risk Management Strategies Germany and the Waste Incinerator in the North Blackforest Risk Management in the United States: The Case of International Paper's Hydro-Dam Re-Licensing Procedure Sweden: Barseb?ck, Risk Management and Trust Risk Management in the U.K: The Case of Brent Spar Conclusions: Integrating Trust into Risk Management

'Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies highlights the difficult balancing task facing risk regulators. Regulatory inaction against real risks can undermine public trust. However, exaggerated responses to risks can also jeopardize regulators' credibility. The diverse international case studies developed by Ragnar Lofstedt provide guidance for how regulators can navigate these and other frequently competing concerns.' - W. Kip Viscusi, Cogan Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard University, USA

'In democracies, government policies cannot succeed without public acceptance. Yet complex risk management requilC