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Aug 15, 2017 · Acceptable risk is a risk exposure that is deemed acceptable to an individual, organization, community or nation. Acceptable risks are defined in terms of the probability and impact of a particular risk.
Acceptable Risk is an Irish television crime drama series, broadcast on RTÉ, that first aired on 24 September 2017. Produced by Facet4 Media and Saffron Moon for RTÉ Television, Acceptable Risk stars Elaine Cassidy as Dublin-based Sarah Manning, whose husband Lee is murdered whilst on a business trip in Montreal.
The chapter offers several examples of the use of the term acceptable risk, and discussions that address the impossibility of achieving zero risk levels. It explores the inadequacy of “minimum risk” as a replacement term for “acceptable risk”.
When her husband, Lee, is murdered, Sarah Manning comes to realize that she knows nothing about his past. Sarah begins to question who Lee actually was and what he did in his work for a powerful global organization.
The concept of acceptable risk evolved partly from the realization that absolute safety is generally an unachievable goal, and that even very low exposures to certain toxic substances may confer some level of risk.
Fred Boelter, a risk management consultant and AIHA Fellow, discusses the challenges and opportunities of defining and communicating acceptable risk in occupational and environmental health. He argues that industrial hygienists need to use more effective means to help people understand and make informed decisions about risk.
Aug 16, 2023 · Some examples of risk management strategies include leveraging existing frameworks and best practices, minimum viable product (MVP) development, contingency planning, root cause analysis and lessons learned, built-in buffers, risk-reward analysis, and third-party risk assessments.
