Charting the future course for corporate management of health risks.

Factorial Validation of a Corporate Social Responsibility Perception Scale for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises

“…(1999); Riera (1996); Van Ginkel (1996); Meyerson & Massy (1995). Richardson et al (1999); Baram (1984); Zenisek (1979).…”

Chemical industry accidents, liability, and community right to know.

“…6 What these firms are finding is that risk assessment is fraught with difficulty since it is an art form not reduced to generic practice or confident results; that technical uncertainty prevails; that public values and attitudes about risk are shaped without apparent regard for probabilistic risk estimates by industry or experts; and that there is no "stopping point" at which a firmi can determine with confidence that enough assessment and control measures have been undertaken. Since Acciderit risks require both preventive measures as well as "post-loss" measures (to control losses after the accident), firms must cooperate with local officials, but encounter the further difficulty that the local government officials lack the necessary skills, authority, and resources to develop, test, and manage emergency response systems.…”

The Right-To-Know and the Occupational Health Nurse

“…From such experiences, there has been a growth in the grass roots support of local and state right-to-know movements (see Engler, 1983 andEllison, 1984 for accounts of two successful efforts to enact state right-to-know laws), Concurrently, there has been an increase in the tort or product liability against manufacturers and their commercial customers arising from adverse exposures (Hadler, 1984). Johns-Manville Corporation and its asbestosrelated litigation and subsequent bankruptcy claim is an example, The corporate structure is challenged to provide health hazard information and training as a form of risk management (Baram, 1984a;Samways, 1982).…”