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"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...
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Ashgate Publishing Company,
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| Publisher Address: | Farnham, Surrey, England : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"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"-Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | ix,175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages169 -170) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781472449849 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 1472449843 (hardback : alkaline paper) 147244986X 9781472449863 1472449851 9781472449856 |
| Index Number: | HD7262 |
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TB496 X931 |
| Call Number: | X931/H793 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Questioning the value of financial incentives -- The problem of rare but catastrophic events -- Long term incentives -- Annual bonuses -- The impact of incentive arrangements -- Indicators of major hazard risk -- Summary, reflections, suggestions. |