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offsetting by sequestering will often make risk-imposing actions permissible, while offsetting by forestalling typically will not. In this paper, I highlight some reasons to be skeptical about their view, and suggest an alternative account of the conditions in which offsetting can make a risk-imposing action permissible.
What our examples have shown is that when some of the actions in a set are independently obligatory, two measurements of risk are required: one for the risk imposed beyond the meeting of my independent obligations (as in Business Opportunity), and one for the risk imposed in meeting my independent obligations (as in Boating Delivery).
We propose a criterion, the Principle of Aggregate Risk Imposition, that distinguishes the two kinds of cases and apply it to the offsetting of personal greenhouse gas emissions. Exposing others to a risk of harm can be impermissible.
In this article, I highlight some reasons to be skeptical about their view and suggest an alternative account of the conditions in which offsetting can make a risk-imposing action permissible. In addition, I note a significant implication of my argument for the ethics of greenhouse gas offsetting.
Offsetting Risks to the Unjustly Advantaged: Why Doing More Good Sometimes Takes Priority Over Offsetting Risks We’ve Unjustly Imposed. Brian Berkey. Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Defining Ethics & Compliance Risk. For the purposes of this guide, we have defined ethics and compliance risk as a threat posed to an organisation’s operational, legal, financial, or reputational standing, resulting from: a failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations, and internal standards of ethical conduct, and/or.
Embedding into human resources management risk attributes such as “avoids new actions” (risk aversion) or “prefers new actions” (risk courage) may help to improve business organizations, projects, and products, shaping risk aims toward reducing operational risk by taking care of the human factor.
