Man-made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment : Case Studies of Major Disasters and Human Fallibility / / by Dmitry Chernov, Didier Sornette
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Chernov Dmitry
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| Titolo: |
Man-made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment : Case Studies of Major Disasters and Human Fallibility / / by Dmitry Chernov, Didier Sornette
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 650 |
| Soggetto topico: | Business logistics |
| Pollution | |
| Security systems | |
| Business ethics | |
| Environmental economics | |
| Supply Chain Management | |
| Security Science and Technology | |
| Business Ethics | |
| Environmental Economics | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SornetteDidier |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface -- Setting the landscape -- Examples of risk information concealment practice -- Causes of risk information concealment -- Major on-going cases with information concealment practice -- Succesful risk information management. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book discusses the risks of information concealment in the context of major natural or industrial disasters – offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster, Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster, Enron’s bankruptcy, Subprime mortgage crisis, Worldwide Spanish flu and SARS outbreaks, etc.) and applying these insights to selected on-going cases where such information concealment is suspected. Some successful examples of preventive anti-concealment practice are also presented. In the book, the term ‘concealment’ is used to represent the two distinct behaviors uncovered in the investigations: (i) facts and information about an organization and its functioning being hidden from those that need them – here the concealment can be due to various factors, such as complexity and miscommunication, to name but two – and (ii) the conscious and deliberate action of keeping important information secret or misrepresenting it. This second meaning makes up a surprisingly important part of the evidence presented. Accordingly, emphasis has been put on this second aspect and the approach is more pragmatic than academic, remaining focused on evidence-based practical and useful factors. It raises awareness and provides valuable lessons for decision- makers, risk specialists and responsible citizens alike. This work is also intended as a fact-based reference work for future academic and scholarly investigations on the roots of the problem, in particular regarding any psychological or sociological modeling of human fallibility. . |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Man-made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment |
| ISBN: | 3-319-24301-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910254935103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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