Public relations and communication

Facility availability for radiation protection training and education should be communicated to industrial organizations and academic and research institutions that may require personnel trained in radiation protection. Such training may also be offered to students in related academic disciplines such as environmental science and chemistry. Training of high school science teachers should be a priority. 

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While industrial companies have a long history of sponsoring cultural events, such sponsorship has much increased in recent years. In the lobby of a typical company headquarters we are likely to see modern paintings and sculptures, or exhibits on wildlife in Africa or on preservation of forests and wetlands in South America. A recent article in the Financial Times reported a large increase in company sponsorship of concerts, ballet performances, art exhibits at major museums, and so on. Public relations and community participation are now seen not as optional, but as an essential part of industrial enterprise. 

These factors increase the complexity of a project not only by their existence and interactions, but also because they need to be managed, in the form of such activities as lobbying, public relations, and community consultation. In infrastructure projects it is not unusual for this management effort to amount to several percent of the total engineering effort. 

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Improved stakeholder relations 2.3 CER is valued method of communication, increasing employee awareness, improving public relations and providing means of demonstrating progress... 

Organisation of Economic Go-operation and Development (OEGD) (2003) Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators. Guidance for industry, public authorities and communities for developing SPI programmes related to chemical accident prevention, preparedness and response. OECD Envirorrment, Health and Safety Publications. Series on Chemical Accidents, No. 11. OECD Paris. 

Include public information and community relations in your planning. 

For question 9, the municipal landfill has had public relations problems with the community. There has been concern over both odor issues and possible groundwater contamination. Taking these concerns into consideration, can you develop addional arguments that make the investment more finacially attractive ... 

Once you have agreed on broad goals for PSM, consider enlisting someone from your company s corporate communications or public relations staff to help you draft a formal vision statement. This will help you (1) assure a well-written document and (2) win communicators support by involving them. 

Indeed, the major problems presented as problems of transparency, as perceived by the industry and consumers, appear to bear more relation to communication. Better communication, in the form of clearly written documents on processes and criteria, regular publications, face-to-face explanations and regular meetings, would doubtless help to ameliorate the perceived lack of transparency of the dmg registration process. 

The scientific community is indebted to Alexey Yablokov and Lev Fedorov for carefully examining the pesticide impact on public health and the environment. Their studies add to our knowledge and their results suggest ways that public health and environmental pesticide related problems could be avoided. Given the food security needs of the rapidly expanding world human population, a safe and a productive agriculture are vital for the future. 

World Health Organization. Fact Sheet 270 Botulism. Geneva Health Communications and Public Relations, August 2002. 

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