Running Risks
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Running Risks
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Author : Angella Issajenko
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Running Risks written by Angella Issajenko and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Runners (Sports) categories.
Rational Responses To Risks
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Author : Paul Weirich
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-10
Rational Responses To Risks written by Paul Weirich and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-10 with Philosophy categories.
Good decisions account for risks. For example, the risk of an accident while driving in the rain makes a reasonable driver decide to slow down. While risk is a large topic in theoretical disciplines such as economics and psychology, as well as in practical disciplines such as medicine and finance, philosophy has a unique contribution to make in developing a normative theory of risk that states what risk is, and to what extent our responses to it are rational. Weirich here develops a philosophical theory of the rationality of responses to risk. He first distinguishes two types of risk: first, a chance of a bad event, and second, an act's risk in relation to its possible outcomes. He argues that this distinction has normative significance in the sense that one's attitudes towards these types of risks - and how one acts on them - are governed by different general principles of rationality. Consequently, a comprehensive account of risk must not only characterize rational responses to risk but also explain why these responses are rational. Weirich explains how, for a rational ideal agent, the expected utilities of the acts available in a decision problem explain the agent's preferences among the acts. As a result, maximizing expected utility is just following preferences among the acts. His view takes an act's expected utility, not just as a feature of a representation of preferences among acts, but also as a factor in the explanation of preferences among acts. The book's precise formulation of general standards of rationality for attitudes and for acts, and its rigorous argumentation for these standards, make it philosophical; but while mainly of interest to philosophers, its broader arguments will contribute to the conceptual foundations of studies of risk in all disciplines that study it.
A Selection Of Leading Cases On Various Branches Of The Law
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Author : John William Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
A Selection Of Leading Cases On Various Branches Of The Law written by John William Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
The Management Of Projects Systems Internet And Risks
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Author : Andreas Sofroniou
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-04-28
The Management Of Projects Systems Internet And Risks written by Andreas Sofroniou and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with Business & Economics categories.
The Management Of Projects, Systems, Internet And Risks.ISBN: 0952795698 Year: 2002 The Programme/Project Management methods described in this book provide a generic structure for the development of IT systems, Project Management techniques and how to plan projects. Useful to Programme and Project Managers, Analysts, Designers, Programmers, Executives, Academics and Students.
Managing Risks In The Railway System
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Author : Konstantinos Tzanakakis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-01-23
Managing Risks In The Railway System written by Konstantinos Tzanakakis and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book offers a comprehensive and practice-oriented guide to risk management, with a special emphasis on the physical and environmental risks related to the operations of railway systems. It is intended to provide a roadmap for managing the risk by controlling safety. Starting with a concise historical introduction and by presenting basic concepts of risk management, the book describes in turn the railway systems and their complexity. Then, it goes in depth into the process of risk management, describing the main elements, from risk identification, analysis and assessment to risk monitoring and communication. Different risk assessment techniques are reviewed in detail, and the main components of a risk management plan are presented. The book concludes with an introduction to health risk management, describing strategies for performing health risk assessments for staff in safety-critical positions. Based on the conviction that controlling safety is the main strategy in managing risk, and on the fact that the systems we would like to control are complex ones, this book provides transport and safety engineers with the necessary knowledge to effectively managing the risks of the railway system.
Of Risks And Normative Responses
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Author : Christina Anikó Simmig
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-10-25
Of Risks And Normative Responses written by Christina Anikó Simmig and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-25 with Law categories.
Disaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster risks and measures to reduce them. One obstacle to enhancing private and public disaster risk reduction is the influence of the distorted risk perception of laypeople. The book argues for the necessity of public regulations and explores means to mitigate the consequences of such distorted risk perception through legal measures and adjustments to political decision-making in Council of Europe member states, while respecting the value of autonomy and democratic principles. In terms of collective decision-making, the book advocates for the implementation of deliberative fora in the democratic decision-making process to mitigate the influence of distorted risk perception associated with natural hazards. Additionally, the book discusses a range of disaster risk reducing measures that member states may lawfully implement to protect individuals and communities from the consequences of distorted risk perceptions related to common natural hazards. To underscore the merits of strengthening disaster risk reduction from the bottom-up, this book demonstrates how fundamental rights and democratic values impede attempts to increase DRR from the top-down, even in cases where people's risk perceptions are distorted. In doing so, the book addresses the issue of disaster risk reduction in a novel way by exposing how legal and political barriers to disaster loss reduction can be overcome by giving higher priority to mitigating distorted risk perceptions.
Managing The Risks Of Organizational Accidents
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Author : James Reason
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-01-29
Managing The Risks Of Organizational Accidents written by James Reason and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial consequences are all too often unacceptably catastrophic. One of the greatest challenges we face is to develop more effective ways of both understanding and limiting their occurrence. This lucid book presents a set of common principles to further our knowledge of the causes of major accidents in a wide variety of high-technology systems. It also describes tools and techniques for managing the risks of such organizational accidents that go beyond those currently available to system managers and safety professionals. James Reason deals comprehensively with the prevention of major accidents arising from human and organizational causes. He argues that the same general principles and management techniques are appropriate for many different domains. These include banks and insurance companies just as much as nuclear power plants, oil exploration and production companies, chemical process installations and air, sea and rail transport. Its unique combination of principles and practicalities make this seminal book essential reading for all whose daily business is to manage, audit and regulate hazardous technologies of all kinds. It is relevant to those concerned with understanding and controlling human and organizational factors and will also interest academic readers and those working in industrial and government agencies.
Future Risks And Risk Management
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Author : B. Brehmer
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-17
Future Risks And Risk Management written by B. Brehmer and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-17 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Future Risks and Risk Management provides a broad perspective on risk, including basic philosophical issues concerned with values, psychological issues, such as the perception of risk, the factors that generate risks in current and future technological and social systems, including both technical and organizational factors. No other volume adopts this broad perspective. Future Risks and Risk Management will be useful in a variety of contexts, both for teaching and as a source book for the risk professional needing to be informed of the broader issues in the field.
Women Taking Risks In Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives
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Author : Kenneth Reeds
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-03
Women Taking Risks In Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives written by Kenneth Reeds and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Women Taking Risks in Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives explores the nature and effects of risk in self-narrative representations of life events, and is an early step towards confronting the dearth of analysis on this subject. The collection focuses on risk-taking as one of women’s articulations of authorial agency displayed in literary, testimonial, photographic, travel and film documentary forms of autobiographical expression in French. Among many themes, the book fosters discussion on matters of courage, strength, resilience, freedom, self-fulfillment, political engagement, compassion, faith, and the envisioning of unconventional alliances that follow a woman’s stepping out of her comfort zone. The fourteen essays included in this collection discuss works of women authors from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, France and the Caribbean. They exemplify a variety of self-narratives that blur unified conceptualizations of both identity and national belonging. They address questions about women writers’ attitudes towards risk and their willingness to change the status quo. They also explore the many personal and public forms in which agency manifests through risk-taking engagements; the ways in which women challenge the conventional wisdom about feminine reserve and aversion to danger; the multiplicity of seen and unforeseen consequences of risk taking; the all-too-frequent lack of recognition of female courage; the overcoming of obstacles by taking risks; and, frequently, the amelioration of women’s lives. Addressing both the broader context of the study of risk and the more specific areas of female expression and autobiography in Francophone cultures, this collection is attractive to a diverse audience with the potential to cross disciplines and inform a wide body of research. A number of the essays deal with issues born in postcolonial circumstances. This examination of the elucidation of marginalized voices should prove enlightening to an array of scholars researching specific ethnic, sexual, gender, and general subjects related to identity. In making inroads towards expanding the well-developed area of risk studies into the humanities, this collection makes an important contribution that has the potential to promote a variety of cross-disciplinary research including examinations of the psychology and sociology behind chauvinism, personal expression, and formative experiences.
Insurance Of Mega Risks
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Author : JAGENDRA RANA
language : en
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
Release Date : 2023-03-07
Insurance Of Mega Risks written by JAGENDRA RANA and has been published by Blue Rose Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-07 with Business & Economics categories.
India’s Insurance industry is one of the premium sectors experiencing upward growth. This upward growth of the insurance industry can be attributed to growing incomes and increasing awareness in the industry. An Insurance programme for large industrial establishments, substantial risks like Petrochemicals, Power, Energy, Steel and Oil & Gas Industry requires a specialized and customized Insurance policy. Large size privately funded projects in the infrastructure sector demand evolving new approaches in introducing insurance products for Mega project risks to suit their and the project financiers' specific insurance needs. Mega Risk policies are mainly reinsurance-driven and provide unique customization of risks to cover all the risks under single Insurance comprehensively.