Explores aspects of trust as it relates to risk management and communication. This book is an examination of trust in its forms and complexities. It integrates diverse research traditions and provides insights into the phenomenon of trust.

This work examines how decisions about risk and uncertainty relate to moral principles and ethical conduct. The papers analyse the broader social, political, economic and cultural dimensions of risk and morality.

Offers an analysis of the Columbia disaster and the organizational lessons that can be learned from it. This title includes contributions from those involved in the Investigation Board report into the incident.

Volume two 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, say, a corporate framework.

Four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approach to understanding and managing risk - the rational actor paradigm . They show how risk studies must incorporate the competing interests, values, and rationalities of those involved.