Conrad J. Kasperson and Marian Dobrzynski
Transformation of the Polish economy has required managementeducation and training. The sudden shift to a market economy opened thedoor to numerous training firms – not all of…
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Transformation of the Polish economy has required management education and training. The sudden shift to a market economy opened the door to numerous training firms – not all of which had Poland′s success as their primary motivation. Reviews these foreign‐built training programmes and their strengths and weaknesses. Offers advice to future training endeavours.
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Scientists are constructing knowledge about global warming by adapting evidence-based disciplines to reflect the Precautionary Principle. It is equally important to communicate…
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Scientists are constructing knowledge about global warming by adapting evidence-based disciplines to reflect the Precautionary Principle. It is equally important to communicate the complexities and uncertainties underpinning global warming because inappropriate vehicles for giving accounts could result in defensive decisions that perpetuate the business-as-usual mindset: the method of communication affects how the risk associated with global warming is socialised. Appropriately constructed accounts should facilitate reflective communicative action. Here Beck's theorisation of risk society, Luhmann's sociological theory of risk and Gandhi's vehicle of communicative action (or satyagraha) are used to construct a risk-based accountability mechanism, whilst providing insight into Schumacher's concept of total accountability. These accountability constructs will be illustrated through the lived experiences of South Australian citrus horticulturists in the context of a richly layered narrative of competing discourses about global warming. The reiterative process of theory informing practice is used to construct a couple of dialogical vehicles of accountability.