Environmental Health Risk Management: Environmental Criminal Negligence Risk Reduction

Date of Award

3-3-2005

Document Type

Undergraduate Capstone Project

Degree Name

Master of Environmental Policy And Management

Organizational Unit

University College, Environmental Policy and Management

Disciplines

Environmental Policy And Management

First Advisor

James Stewart

Keywords

Environmental crime, Environmental criminal liability, Environmental health, Environmental health liability, Environmental health risk management, Environmental law, Criminal provisions, Environmental protection, Planning, Environmental risk

Abstract

Businesses that are responsible for adhering to environmental laws face many challenges in achieving regulatory compliance. Noncompliance can result in penalties against the entity, the most severe being environmental criminal actions. Because of the risks possible criminal actions due to noncompliance, risk management methods can be utilized to appropriately manage this risk. Granted that businesses are aware of risk management principles, it is still an underdeveloped discipline. There is presently no comprehensive published source for risk management on the risks of criminal enforcement of violations of environmental law. This project outlines the criminal aspects of noncompliance and common best practices and strategic methods that minimize the risk of a business facing a claim of criminal negligence.

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

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