Contextual effects on responsibility judgments.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Preliminary paper (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 218Publication details: 1994Description: 20 pSubject: Examines factors that lead people to hold others responsible for disasters and their consequences. In scenario experiments, respondents read descriptions of communities that experienced technological or natural disasters, and made judgments about the responsibility of various actors for disaster planning and mitigation as well as for compensation for disaster-related damages. Respondents' judgments reflected strong desires for holding human actors responsible for disaster consequences. Attributed responsibility was substantial, even for natural disasters. Government officials, especially local officials, were perceived to be highly responsible for disaster mitigation and compensation for disaster losses. The perceived responsibilities of design professionals, scientists, businesses, and community residents varied with the type of disaster and the type of activity under consideration. The results indicate the usefulness of scenario methodolgy for understanding public judgments of responsibility for disaster consequences
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"Paper presented in a symposium, "Whose Responsibility, For What, When? Responsibility Judgments for Disaster Consequences," at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, February 19, 1994"
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Examines factors that lead people to hold others responsible for disasters and their consequences. In scenario experiments, respondents read descriptions of communities that experienced technological or natural disasters, and made judgments about the responsibility of various actors for disaster planning and mitigation as well as for compensation for disaster-related damages. Respondents' judgments reflected strong desires for holding human actors responsible for disaster consequences. Attributed responsibility was substantial, even for natural disasters. Government officials, especially local officials, were perceived to be highly responsible for disaster mitigation and compensation for disaster losses. The perceived responsibilities of design professionals, scientists, businesses, and community residents varied with the type of disaster and the type of activity under consideration. The results indicate the usefulness of scenario methodolgy for understanding public judgments of responsibility for disaster consequences
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