TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hopkins,Andrew
AU  - Maslen,Sarah
TI  - Risky rewards: how company bonuses affect safety
SN  - 9781472449849
AV  - HD7262 .H67 2015
U1  - 658.4/08 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Surrey
PB  - Ashgate Pub. Limited
KW  - Industrial safety
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Bonuses (Employee fringe benefits)
KW  - Incentives in industry
KW  - Risk management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Questioning the value of financial incentives -- The problem of rare but catastrophic events -- Long term incentives -- Annual bonuses -- The impact of incentive arrangements -- Indicators of major hazard risk -- Summary, reflections, suggestions
N2  - "Financial incentives have long been used to try to influence professional values and practices. Recent events including the global financial crisis and the BP Texas City refinery disaster have been linked to such incentives, with commentators calling for a critical look at these systems given the catastrophic outcomes. Risky Rewards engages with this debate, particularly in the context of the present and potential role of incentives to manage major accident risk in hazardous industries"-Provided by publisher
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