Man-made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment Case Studies of Major Disasters and Human Fallibility /

• Main Authors: Chernov, Dmitry (Author), Sornette, Didier (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Business.; Business logistics.; Business ethics.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Pollution prevention.; Environmental economics.; Business and Management.; Supply Chain Management.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Business Ethics.; Environmental Economics.

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 disas...

Table of Contents:

• 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.