02345 a2200409 4500 1844071758 20250317100416.0 250312042005GB eng 9781844071753 Taylor & Francis GBP 49.99 BB 01 eng RB thema PHVG thema KC thema KJ thema TQ thema LA thema LBB thema JP thema RB bic PHVG bic KC bic KJ bic TQ bic LA bic LBB bic JP bic BUS033070 bisac NAT010000 bisac Roger E Kasperson Social Contours of Risk Volume II: Risk Analysis, Corporations and the Globalization of Risk 1 Oxford Routledge 20050401 342 p We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk bring together their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field. Volume II centres on the analysis and management of risk in society, in international business and multinationals, and globally. The 'acceptability' of risk to an individual depends on the context, whether the larger society or in, for example, a corporate framework. Their work clarifies the structures and processes for managing risks in the private sector and the factors that produce or impede effective decisions. The authors demonstrate that corporate culture is crucial in determining risk management. They analyse the transfer of corporate risk management systems from industrial to developing countries, and how globalization is spreading and creating new kinds of risk - the combination of traditional and modern hazards presented by climate change, technology transfer and economic growth. They describe the new priorities and capacities needed to deal with these enhanced vulnerabilities around the globe. 2907 2907