E-MailThe Changing View of Risk in Society
While recently the issues of corporate governance and 9/11 have taken center stage, a more profound set of risk-related changes has occurred. Over the past 30 years, there has been a marked shift in society's perception of the risks with which it lives. Issues that once were taken for granted (e.g., that nuclear power is safe and efficient; that our food, air, and water supplies are safe; and so on) are now seen in a new light. Events such as Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Love Canal; the advent of AIDS and BSE, or mad cow disease; the institutionalism of terrorism; the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters; recurring power outages; the globalization of competition and outsourcing of both blue- and white-collar jobs; the debate over global warming and genetically modified foods; the responses of governments to natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes -- to name just a few -- have all contributed to a heightened public awareness of personal risk not observed until recently.
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