Safety and Aircraft Maintenance: A Moral Evaluation

In this article I will discuss the construction of safety in high reliability organizations. This construction is then evaluated from a moral point of view. I will argue that accidents happening to high reliability organizations make clear that we have to reconceptualize our notion of moral responsi...

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Main Author: Hummels, Harry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Proquest 1997
In: International journal of value-based management
Year: 1997, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-146
Further subjects:B Business Ethics
B high reliability organizations
B Moral Responsibility
B aviation industry
B Safety
B aircraft maintenance
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Summary:In this article I will discuss the construction of safety in high reliability organizations. This construction is then evaluated from a moral point of view. I will argue that accidents happening to high reliability organizations make clear that we have to reconceptualize our notion of moral responsibility.
ISSN:1572-8528
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of value-based management
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1007793521376