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Title: Managing toxic chemicals in Australia : a regional analysis of the risk society
Related: Journal of risk research, Vol. 7, Issue 4, p.399-412
DOI: 10.1080/1366987042000208347
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 2004
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 050200 Environmental Science and Management
Author/Creator: Benn, Suzanne
Description: The paper takes examples from two decades of toxic risk management in Australia in order to examine the challenges that the conditions of the 'risk society' pose for the chemicals industry in this country. These issues for corporate governance are set against a shift in political discourse in the direction of the limiting of the state, co-governance between state and industry, and new community involvements and responsibilities. The paper describes new social movements and alliances influencing corporate structures and processes for decision making in Australia. The case examples lead to conclusions concerning the fundamental innovations in the organizational design of regulatory bodies and corporations that are required if progress is to be made towards sustainability and the re-establishment of public trust. The findings of this paper are symptomatic of the more general challenges that the 'risk society' poses for the mainstream political programmes and their frameworks for regulation, for corporate architecture and for the relationships between governments, corporations and the community.
Description: 14 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 050200 Environmental Science and Management
Subject Keyword: chemicals industry
Subject Keyword: public trust
Subject Keyword: toxic risk management
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Graduate School of the Environment

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/81273
Identifier: ISSN:1466-4461
Identifier: mq-rm-2009006731
Language: eng
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