Objective A high-reliability organization (HRO) is an organization that has sustained almost
error-free performance, despite operating in hazardous conditions where the consequences …

Information security governance has become an elusive goal and a murky concept. This
paper problematizes both information security governance and the broader concept of …

Process safety techniques have been used in industry for decades to make processes and
systems safer and to optimize them, and thus to improve sustainability. Their main aim is to …

Humans experience various phenomena as threats to their biophysical integrity. Airborne
viruses, leaking radioactivity, or extreme weather conditions are three examples for this. In …

Various occupational groups as well as emergency responders are important human factors
in combating incidents and emergencies in a broad range. Negative deviations from a …

Background: In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in patient safety,
safety culture and incident reporting publications as well as commitments and efforts to …

The cumulative dissertation reflects on how process safety and related strategies can
contribute to a safer industrial and socially engaged safety culture and thus bring positive …

During WWII and the early Cold War, an American research program centered on Fort
Detrick, Maryland sought to transform germs into weapons. Though sponsored by the …

As early as the 1970s the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
introduced the" NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)" with the objective to …

There have been several changes this year to the Isis Current Bibliography that you are now
reading. To begin with, you will notice immediately that the volume has two parts for the first …