Standardization and Risk Regulation for High-Hazard Industries

Michael Baram (1) , Corinne Bieder (2)

1 BU - Boston University [Boston]
2 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

Hazardous industrial activities have historically been regulated from a safety and/or risk management viewpoint based on regulations enacted by governmental authorities. This chapter describes and explains the decline in the role played by governmental actors in the process of safety regulation and the rise of private standards development organizations. Such an evolution raises a wide range of concerns regarding the incentives to enhance safety, the interests that are protected by standards endorsed by regulators, and at a societal level, the drift away from democratic governance of high-hazard activities.

Mots clés: Standardization; Regulation; Governance; High-risk industries; Safety

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Michael Baram, Corinne Bieder. Standardization and Risk Regulation for High-Hazard Industries. Managing Future Challenges for Safety, Springer International Publishing, pp.85-93, 2022, SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-07805-7_11⟩. ⟨hal-03833014⟩