Risks in Modern Society

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bischoff, Hans-Jürgen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Topics In Safety, Risk, Reliability And Quality, 13
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Occupational medicine.; Machinery.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Environmental management.; Business and Management.; Business and Management, general.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.; Environmental Management.

Risks in a changing and global world are complex and interconnected, even more so in a globalized world consisting of many societies at very different levels of development. Work life is strongly influenced by all forms of globalization - for example, the growing gap between rich and poor; demograph...

Table of Contents:

• Challenges to Global Governance in the Changing World of Work
• Risk Governance: Combining Facts and Values in Risk Management
• Governance of Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Risks
• New Emerging Risks
• How to Develop a “Safe Society”
• Lessons Learnt – Road Ahead: Summary and Proposal for Golden Rules in Health and Safety.