HPEO403 Risk Management:

Perception & Communication

UNIT 2Science & Politics

CAN/CSA-Q850

SCIENCE POLITICS

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SCIENCE• Scientific rigor

(Initiation, Preliminary Analysis, and Risk Estimation)

POLITICS• The social,

economical, and political aspects of decision-making (Risk Evaluation, Risk Control, and Action/Monitoring)

Uncertainty

Risk managers must “prove a negative” where other scientists must prove that something exists.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence. (McColl et al. 2000, page 2-1)

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Weight-of-evidence• The greater amount

of credible evidence offered in a trial to support one side of the issue rather than the other

Strength-of-evidence• A comparative

measure, in percentile, of the overall risk

Precautionary Principle

• Precautionary Principle values conservation, protection, and caution

RMP – Part “B”1) Identify your hazard: write a brief description

(200-500 words) using Sections 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, and 5.3.7 as guidelines.

2) Use the information in Section 5.5 to develop a list of key references for Hazard Identification and Risk characterization. This will start your Bibliography for your RMP project. Plan to continue adding to the final version of your RMP.

3) Write a statement (100-200 words) that estimates the frequency of your hazard (Section 6.2.1) and the consequences of exposure (Section 6.4.1).

RMP – Part “B”

• Assignment RMP- Part “B” is due by Wednesday, Week 4, by 11:55 PM

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