Risks governance and risky operations helping each other to face unexpected events: A few contributions of pragmatist philosophy

Jérémy Eydieux (1)

1 LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique

This paper seeks to highlight a few contributions of pragmatist philosophy to the understanding of risks governance. The capacity to handle unexpected events is a necessity for high risks organizations, as known by the academic community for about thirty years (Rochlin, La Porte, & Roberts, 1987). In this communication, we study a French regulated process called “safety demonstration” which force nuclear operators to demonstrate the reliability of their technical solutions before implementing them. This process is settled since 2006 and is embedded in the French regulation of nuclear risks governance. It is currently facing its difficulties in grabbing the management of unexpected events, which until now were managed through rules. Dismantling operations brings new situations, where unexpected events are more common and more significant.

Mots clés: nuclear risks governance; management of the unexpected; theory of valuation

Domaines: Gestion et management; Philosophie

Jérémy Eydieux. Risks governance and risky operations helping each other to face unexpected events: A few contributions of pragmatist philosophy. European Pragmatism Conference II, Sep 2015, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01230912⟩