Emerging Risks

'...The book provides insights into some of the major emerging risks of the 21st century and then describes how organisations might approach and manage those risks proactively...This is an exciting book dealing with an exciting range of topics. The authors make a powerful case for business leaders to think deeply about the potential harm their enterprises might cause - and for the scientific community to aid them.' RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal '...chapters are highly informative, well sourced and very thorough in their review of current knowledge and literature. They provide an extremely useful resource to quickly understand key risk implications in each of the areas...' Risk Management Professional (IRM) '...a strategic view on the challenges posed by the development of new technologies and processes: on the one hand they are linked to opportunities which society must be able to benefit from, on the other hand attendant risks must be dealt with despite the fact that, in most cases, knowledge about them is lacking...Very relevant and timely choice of case studies. Marie-Valentine Florin, Managing Director, International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) 'In a most valuable blend of practitioner and academic perspectives, this text brings together a range of viewpoints on the topic of emerging risk. In so doing, this text provides a means for making our understanding of emerging risk more complete and avoids the pitfalls associated with suggesting a single 'right' way of understanding and managing emerging risk. With perspectives as wide ranging as nanotechnology and supply chain, this comprehensive text enables the reader to develop a multidisciplinary and holistic view of the origins and manifestations of emerging risk. In addition, the text provides a meaningful treatment of approaches and tools for appropriately managing emerging risk. The selection of chapters is thoughtful and sure to be of value to both the risk management and managemen