Institutional obligation

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6958673

Rowan, S S; Berwager, S D ^[1]

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1. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (US)

The institutional obligation is to act to meet primary responsibilities in the face of risks. There are risks involved in taking action, both of a quantifiable and unquantifiable nature. This paper explores weighing the risks, choosing approaches that balance primary obligations with broader ones, and presenting ethical philosophies upon which policies and strategies are based. Federal government organizations and utilities--and Bonneville Power Administration qualifies as both--have a variety of responsibilities to the public they serve. The common responsibility is that of service; for Bonneville the primary responsibility is to serve the energy related needs. It is this primary institutional obligation, as it relates to other responsibilities--and the resulting strategy for handling indoor air quality in Bonneville's new homes program--that this paper examines.

• OSTI ID: 6958673
• Report Number(s): CONF-880679--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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