Flirting with disaster : why accidents are rarely accidental
Gerstein, Marc2008
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Despite warnings of impending disaster, preemptive action is rarely taken by those who have the ability to do so. How do smart, high-powered people, leaders of global corporations, national institutions, even nations, often get it so wrong? While most investigations focus on the technical causes of disaster, Flirting With Disaster examines the psychological, social, and cultural impediments to whistle-blowing, showing what we can do to reduce the possibility of disasters happening at all
Main title:
Flirting with disaster : why accidents are rarely accidental / Marc Gerstein with Michael Ellsberg ; foreword and afterword by Daniel Ellsberg.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Union Square Press, 2008.
Collation:
xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-328) and index.
ISBN:
9781402753039
LC class:
HV551.2 GER 2008
Language:
English
BRN:
130496