Preventing Corporate Accidents (Paperback)

PART I COMPANIES AT RISK
Introduction to Part I

1 Management error
Introduction
Human error
The corporate environment
An ethical approach
Afternote
References

2 The corporate entity
Introduction
Corporate origins
Corporate characteristics
Corporate accountability
Corporate manslaughter
Critique of legislation
Conclusion
References

3 Corporate ethics
Introduction
Ethics
Ethics and the law
Individual ethics
Corporate ethical behaviour
The influence of human actors
Managerial and professional ethics
Conclusion
References


PART II STRATEGIES TO PREVENT CORPORATE ACCIDENTS
Introduction to Part II

4 Safety culture
Introduction
Culture
Organizational culture
Safety culture
Changing the safety culture
Case studies
References

5 Understand the risk
Introduction
What is risk?
Expressions of risk
Risk assessment
Risk perception
Case studies
References

6 Safety regulation
Introduction
Historical background
Safety regulation in the UK
Risk acceptance criteria
The ALARP principle
Reducing the regulatory burden
Case studies
References

7 Safety management
Introduction
Regulatory and standard setting approaches to safety management
Auditing approaches to safety management
Behaviour-based approach to safety management
Analytical approaches to safety management
A systems approach to managing safety
Case studies
References

8 The learning organization
Introduction
Organizational learning
Learning from accidents
Building a just culture
Information disclosure
Case studies in failures of organizational learning
References

9 Corporate social responsibility
Introduction
Corporate ethical policy
Corporate citizenship
Corporate structure models
Corporate social responsibility
Case studies
References

10 Conclusions
Summary
Part I: Companies at risk
Part II: Strategies to prevent corporate accidents
Case studies
A better way forward?
References

Appendix 1 Case studies in corporate manslaughter
Introduction
A1.1 The capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise
A1.2 The Southall rail accident
References
Disclaimer

Appendix 2 Case studies in corporate accidents
Introduction
A2.1 The loss of the space shuttle Columbia
A2.2 The Davis-Besse nuclear power plant incident
A2.3 The fire and explosion at the Conoco-Phillips Humber oil refinery
A2.4 Children’s heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, 1984--1995
A2.5 The Tokai-Mura criticality accident
A2.6 The disposal of the Brent Spar oil storage facility
A2.7 The Tylenol incident, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1982
References

Appendix 3 Safety management tables
References

Index