Citation

Morehouse W. Ind. Crisis Q. 1987; 1(3): 22-33.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Industrial Crisis Institute - Bucknell University)

DOI

10.1177/108602668700100304

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Industrial crises and disasters threaten the most fundamental human rights to life and health. The existing paradigm for protecting these rights is based on industry self-regulation and government policing. The inadequacy of this approach is evident in thousands of industrial accidents that kill and injure hundreds of thousands of victims each year. To cope with these crises we need new participative policing systems, complete hazard assessments, worker and community hazard indemnity funds, more equitable sharing of risks, international actions for coping with industrial hazards, and citizen and worker empowerment.