 | In the Chamber of Risks: Understanding Risk Controversies Subjects: Health risk assessment -- Canada -- Case studies; Environmental risk assessment -- Canada -- Case studies; Risk management -- Canada -- Case studies; Environmental protection -- Government policy -- Canada; Through a new set of detailed case studies William Leiss shows that while industry and governments have made much progress in responsibly managing risks to health and environment, they generally remain quite poor at managing their involvements with risk issues, that is, with the often intense controversies about the way in which risks should be managed. This organizational risk, associated with misunderstanding the nature of risk management issues, can have damaging consequences, something that remains poorly appreciated. Leiss William : William Leiss is professor emeritus in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University and author of several books on climate issues, most recently Canada and Climate Change. |
