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Hazards: Technology and Fairness (1986)

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Suggested Citation:"REFERENCE." National Academy of Engineering. 1986. Hazards: Technology and Fairness. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/650.
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INTRODUCTION: EMERGING ISSUES IN HAZARD MANAGEMENT 6 original typesetting files. Page breaks are true to the original; line lengths, word breaks, heading styles, and other typesetting-specific formatting, however, cannot be About this PDF file: This new digital representation of the original work has been recomposed from XML files created from the original paper book, not from the retained, and some typographic errors may have been accidentally inserted. Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution. Finally, questions concerned with practical aspects of managing technological hazards include: • What are the actual and potential roles of the insurance industry in hazard management? • What are successful approaches to hazard management in various industries and which approaches might be more broadly applied? The Symposium on Hazards: Technology and Fairness was effective in identifying emerging issues in the management of technological hazards, and in suggesting future activities that will help define and resolve these issues. The importance of these issues to the management of technological hazards means that the question of hazards must remain high on the agenda of the government, private sector, and academia for years to come. REFERENCE Ruckleshaus, W. D. 1985. Risk, science, and democracy. Issues in Science and Technology 1(3):19– 38.

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"In the burgeoning literature on technological hazards, this volume is one of the best," states Choice in a three-part approach, it addresses the moral, scientific, social, and commercial questions inherent in hazards management. Part I discusses how best to regulate hazards arising from chronic, low-level exposures and from low-probability events when science is unable to assign causes or estimate consequences of such hazards; Part II examines fairness in the distribution of risks and benefits of potentially hazardous technologies; and Part III presents practical lessons and cautions about managing hazardous technologies. Together, the three sections put hazard management into perspective, providing a broad spectrum of views and information.

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