Risky Rewards - Couverture rigide

Hopkins, Andrew; Maslen, Sarah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1472449843 ISBN 13 : 9781472449849

Editeur : CRC Press, 2015

Synopsis

Financial incentives have long been used to try to influence professional values and practices. Recent events including the global financial crisis and the BP Texas City refinery disaster have been linked to such incentives, with commentators calling for a critical look at these systems given the catastrophic outcomes. Risky Rewards engages with this debate, particularly in the context of the present and potential role of incentives to manage major accident risk in hazardous industries. It examines the extent to which people respond to financial incentives, the potential for perverse consequences, and approaches that most appropriately focus attention on major hazard risk. The book is based in part on an empirical study of bonus arrangements in eleven companies operating in hazardous industries, including oil, gas, chemical and mining.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Hopkins is Emeritus Professor in the School of Sociology at The Australian National University. He has published widely across the field of organisational safety, authoring titles including Disastrous Decisions, Failure to Learn, Lessons from Longford, Lessons from Gretley, and Safety, Culture and Risk. These books have together sold more than 70,000 copies. He speaks regularly to audiences around the world about the causes of major accidents. Sarah Maslen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Canberra. She was previously a Research Fellow in the School of Sociology at The Australian National University. Her research interests include occupational knowledge and practice, sensory perception, and risk.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Risky Rewards engages with this debate, particularly in the context of the present and potential role of incentives to manage major accident risk in hazardous industries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472449843
• ISBN 13: 9781472449849
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 175
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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