Drift and the Social Attenuation of Risk

Gould, Kenneth Pettersen; Fjæran, Lisbet

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“…In this respect, one particular challenge is how approaches to organizational risk have a tendency to focus on hazards in organizations and not relate risk to wider systemic trends or institutions in society, such as regulatory culture, labor relations, or evolving modes of production that can influence risk. Existing risk models may thus be less relevant in relation to long‐term societal shifts or other external challenges that could undermine existing practices (Gould & Fjaeran, 2019; Le Coze, 2017; Pettersen & Schulman, 2016; Pidgeon, 2019). Although industry and regulatory organizations are paying attention to the analysis and normative prescriptions of risk management systems in technical organizations, including aims to integrate management practices, incentives, safety culture, and organizational resilience as key elements, these organizational variables are not being described and subject to as extensive an analysis as the physical variables typically attended to in risk analysis (Schulman, 2020).…”

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Organizational Risk: “Muddling Through” 40 Years of Research

Gould¹

2020

Risk Analysis

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The recognition that organizations are a part of adverse outcomes has become commonplace in risk research. Social organization is a key theme in relation to risk minimization through institutional control and monitoring, and in how organizations are connected to society's perceptions of risk (beyond outcomes). The article reviews progress made in research on organizational risk over the last four decades and the contributions made to the field by fieldwork and descriptive approaches, understanding risk as partly determined by organizational context. A key issue for risk analysis is to figure out what these insights mean for risk professionals, such as while developing assessment methodologies and management approaches. Analysis of the literature shows that what to model if organizational factors are to be included in risk assessments remains as big a question as how to model. Integrating fieldwork and descriptive approaches for analyzing organizational risk, accidents, and safety is argued to be a main task for the risk analysis community.

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