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The principal-agent tension between the company man and the contractor may actually create a healthy dialog that biases decisions toward safety. However, decisions must inevitably be made that provide some balance between reward and risk.
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Read, C. (2011). The Management of Risk. In: BP and the Macondo Spill. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305083_16
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