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5 What the Public Wants; Public Reactions
This will require that the results of a dam breach and inundation study be disclosed
and its risk mitigation measures be described. It will require that information be
provided that supports the selection of the proposed alternative based on operating
and closure requirements. Furthermore, as recommended in the British Columbia
Guidance Document:
Selection indicators for large projects should be conducted in consultation with local communities, First Nations, and stakeholders in order to maintain a transparent, defensible evaluation. (BC Guide 2016)
There are two main benefits of a meaningful communication process. The
first is that by listening to and collaborating with the public regarding their
concerns, a company will have a better appreciation of the risk mitigation measures (https://www.riskope.com/2015/08/27/integrating-mitigations-withredundancies-in-an-industrial-process/) it should adopt. The second is that a company will gain the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to high governance
and risk management standards in a constructive manner and, if done right, set the
basis for it to earn the SLO.
For new alternatives to be credible they must be supported by a high level of
design, operating and closure expertise similar to that currently available for slurry
deposition. They must also receive the highest level of corporate governance as the
new technologies will present their own challenges and require greater attention to
design assumptions and operating controls.
5.5 A Note on Ethics
5.5.1 General Ethics
In this section we are going to change the point of observation and ask
ourselves what qualities should a risk assessment method possess to support ethical projects and endeavours? A wonderful book by Warwick Fox entitled A
Theory of General Ethics (Fox 2006) can help us answering that question. The
book proposes a “silo-breaking” theory of ethics. Through our respective professional roles, we are adamant in fostering silo-breaking attitudes in risk management. We are also strong believers in the need for geoethics (https://www.riskope.
com/2017/08/23/virtual-reality-geoethics/#_blank), transparency in mining (NI-43101) (https://www.riskope.com/2017/05/10/technical-session-towards-improvingenvironmental-social-disclosure-ni43-101/#_blank) and sensible risk assessments (https://www.riskope.com/2017/06/28/stakeholders-not-satisfied-probabilityassessments/#_blank), i.e., to reach the goal for the twenty-first century. In this
section we discuss how the General Ethics Theory can be linked to our practice and
help the beneficial “silo-breaking” (https://www.riskope.com/2015/01/29/towardthe-disappearance-of-silos-effects/#_blank) endeavour.
5 What the Public Wants; Public Reactions
This will require that the results of a dam breach and inundation study be disclosed
and its risk mitigation measures be described. It will require that information be
provided that supports the selection of the proposed alternative based on operating
and closure requirements. Furthermore, as recommended in the British Columbia
Guidance Document:
Selection indicators for large projects should be conducted in consultation with local communities, First Nations, and stakeholders in order to maintain a transparent, defensible evaluation. (BC Guide 2016)
There are two main benefits of a meaningful communication process. The
first is that by listening to and collaborating with the public regarding their
concerns, a company will have a better appreciation of the risk mitigation measures (https://www.riskope.com/2015/08/27/integrating-mitigations-withredundancies-in-an-industrial-process/) it should adopt. The second is that a company will gain the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to high governance
and risk management standards in a constructive manner and, if done right, set the
basis for it to earn the SLO.
For new alternatives to be credible they must be supported by a high level of
design, operating and closure expertise similar to that currently available for slurry
deposition. They must also receive the highest level of corporate governance as the
new technologies will present their own challenges and require greater attention to
design assumptions and operating controls.
5.5 A Note on Ethics
5.5.1 General Ethics
In this section we are going to change the point of observation and ask
ourselves what qualities should a risk assessment method possess to support ethical projects and endeavours? A wonderful book by Warwick Fox entitled A
Theory of General Ethics (Fox 2006) can help us answering that question. The
book proposes a “silo-breaking” theory of ethics. Through our respective professional roles, we are adamant in fostering silo-breaking attitudes in risk management. We are also strong believers in the need for geoethics (https://www.riskope.
com/2017/08/23/virtual-reality-geoethics/#_blank), transparency in mining (NI-43101) (https://www.riskope.com/2017/05/10/technical-session-towards-improvingenvironmental-social-disclosure-ni43-101/#_blank) and sensible risk assessments (https://www.riskope.com/2017/06/28/stakeholders-not-satisfied-probabilityassessments/#_blank), i.e., to reach the goal for the twenty-first century. In this
section we discuss how the General Ethics Theory can be linked to our practice and
help the beneficial “silo-breaking” (https://www.riskope.com/2015/01/29/towardthe-disappearance-of-silos-effects/#_blank) endeavour.