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Contemplation of Risk Management for Internet Banking System

  • Seo, Jang-Hoon;Park, Myeong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 2003
  • Next Generation internet banking service for important role of banking business competitive power separates service function of individual banking and should equip various service that coincides in each special qualities these are customer management, portfolio management, global corporation support etc. The past few years have been characterized by rapid changes in technology and the introduction of corporate and retail banking services through the Internet. the integration of e-banking platforms with legacy systems and the increasing dependence of banks on third party information service providers, all dramatically amplify the magnitude of risks to which banks are exposed. Risk management disciplines have not evolved at the same speed and many institutions, especially the smaller ones, have not been able to incorporate Internet banking risk controls within their existing risk management structures. This article provides an overview of the various risks which are heightened with Internet banking, and a holistic approach to managing these risks. In addition, the presentation will explain the different risk areas and the controls to be adopted to mitigate these risks.

AN APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING TOTAL COST OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS

  • Gurkan Emre Gurcanli;Nesimi Teoman Korkutan;Ugur Mungen
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.168-175
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    • 2011
  • Construction accidents are major problem in Turkish Construction industry and especially fatally rates are very high. Current legislative system on occupational safety in Turkey enforces employers to implement safety measures as well as safety management systems. However level of consciousness in the industry is unsatisfactory and safety are perceived as extra cost and unnecessary expenditure. Moreover, especially in small residential building constructions which have a big share in the industry and unfortunately safety measures to mitigate or abate construction risks do not exist. The study focuses on small residential building construction sites and in the scope of this study, thirty building projects are examined. For each building project, project cost including labour and material costs, service and consultancy costs for mechanical, electrical systems as well as architectural and structural services, costs for supervision and finally general expenditures for construction site facilities were calculated. On the other hand, occupational safety costs for personal protective equipment, collective protective measures, consultancy and training were determined. Work breakdown structures were established and for each work item firstly occupational risks were evaluated and furthermore according to risk scores safety measures to be implemented were defined and related costs were calculated. The study gave results for total safety cost on average, in terms of percentage of total project cost (3.73% of total project cost), safety cost per man-hour (0.40 USD) and safety cost in terms of unit construction area (11.60 USD per square meter). Since safety management is a part of whole project management process, study gives suggestions and techniques to calculate safety costs and implement safety measures as a part of project management service for professionals. Authors believe that suggested approach may easily developed by the usage of more data to establish a model for estimation not only for building construction sites but also for all construction projects.

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Integrated Safety Risk Management System on Construction Site Using System Approach (시스템 접근 방식에 기반한 건설현장 통합 안전리스크 관리)

  • An, Sun-Ju;Song, Sang-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2010
  • Establishing a framework, to explain the path to safety accidents considering major safety management factors such as physical conditions including on-site activities and workplace, as well as human factors as to labor, supervisors, or managers, would be effective as the basis to control project's risks by preventing disasters. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the mechanism in safety management and disaster occurrence. In order to accomplish the purpose, it identified and classified the factors related to accidents, reviewed the causal relationships among them, and suggested the influence diagram. The results of this research are expected to contribute to reinforcing the preventive management, and facilitating the development of integrated site control system based on safety risks.

CLARIFYING THE PARADIGM ON RADIATION EFFECTS & SAFETY MANAGEMENT: UNSCEAR REPORT ON ATTRIBUTION OF EFFECTS AND INFERENCE OF RISKS

  • Gonzalez, Abel J.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.467-474
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    • 2014
  • The aim of this paper is to describe a relatively recent international agreement on the widely debated concepts of: (i) attributing effects to low dose radiation exposure situations that have occurred in the past and, (ii) inferring radiation risk to situations that are planned to occur in the future. An important global consensus has been recently achieved on these fundamental issues at the level of the highest international intergovernmental body: the General Assembly of the United Nations. The General Assembly has welcomed with appreciation a scientific report on attributing health effects to radiation exposure and inferring risks that had been prepared the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) following a formal request by the General Assembly.

An Approach to Framework of Dealing with Improving the Complexity and Uncertainty for Decommissioning Safety Assessment of a Nuclear Facility

  • Jeong, Kwan-Seong;Lee, Kune-Woo;Lim, Hyeon-Kyo
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.24-31
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    • 2009
  • An effective assessment for decommissioning safety of nuclear facilities requires basic knowledge about possible risks, characteristics of potential hazards, and comprehensive understanding of the associated cause-effect relationships within a decommissioning for nuclear facility. This paper proposes an approach to develop the hierarchical structure and hazards of dealing with improving the complexity and uncertainty for decommissioning safety assessment of nuclear facilities and the resolutions are proposed to improve the complexity and uncertainty for decommissioning safety assessment of nuclear facilities. These resolutions can provide a comprehensive view of the risks in the decommissioning activities of a nuclear facility.

Reduction Method for the Risk of the Chemical Facilities by KS-RBI Program Supporting the Quantitative Cause Analysis (정량적 원인분석이 가능한 위험기반검사(KS-RBI)에 의한 화학설비의 위험도 경감방안)

  • Kim, Tae-Ok;Lee, Hern-Chang;Jo, Ji-Hoon;Kim, Kyu-Jung;Kwon, Hyuck-Myun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.110-117
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    • 2008
  • The risks of the chemical facilities were estimated by the KS-RBI(Ver. 3.0) program supporting the quantitative cause analysis, and reduction method for the risks of the facilities was investigated. As a result, we could find that the risks of the facilities decrease with reducing the likelihood of failure (LOF) affected by demage mechanism, inspection number and effectiveness of inspection, and with reducing the consequence of failure (COF) affected by the ratings of the detection, isolation, and mitigation systems. Furthermore, high risks of the facilities would be decreased by reduction of the LOF and the COF simultaneously. Accordingly, the applied plant would be able to achieve the decrease of inspection and labor costs because of the decrease of consequences and inspection intervals through the reduction of risks.

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화학공장의 안전성 평가에 관한 고찰

  • Park, Chang-Bok
    • Fire Protection Technology
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    • s.16
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    • pp.28-40
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    • 1994
  • This objective of safety assessment is to determine the acceptability of risks of hazards, or the coping measures, if not acceptable, by identifying and quantifying the risks potentially involved in incidents, with the information of new technology and the disasterous cases.

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Risk Communication Study for Nanotechnology Using Risk Cognitive Map (위해인지도 맵을 이용한 나노기술 리스크 커뮤니케이션 연구)

  • Choi, Chan-Woong;Jeong, Ji-Yoon;Hwang, Myung-Sil;Jung, Ki-Kyung;Lee, Hyo-Min;Lee, Kwang-Ho
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.187-195
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    • 2010
  • Nanotechnology is the fastest growing area in scientific research and it has important applications in a wide variety of fields. Nevertheless, consumers encountered this new technology without any identification of risks and benefits. Also until now, there are no specific safety evaluation methods for nanotechnology. For this reason, we studied risk communication strategy for nanotechnology to prepare its application in commercialized products on public. A survey was conducted to identify the differences in perception between public (N=110) and expert (N=37) toward applied nanotechnology in food, drugs and cosmetic products. The survey results were used to draw up a risk cognitive map which was introduced by Paul Slovic, and the perception level of public and expert on nanotechnology was evaluated. As a result of the survey, public recognized nanotechnology as "unknown but low dread" risk factor, but expert recognized it as "unknown and high dread" risk factor. These results indicate that there are perception differences between two groups. Several risk communication strategies are reported including care, consensus and risk communication. In the case of nanotechnology, it contains both risks and benefits. Considering the nature of nanotechnology, the "consensus communication" which informs consumers about risks and benefits of issues is the most appropriate strategy.

Antimicrobial-resistant Bacteria: An Unrecognized Work-related Risk in Food Animal Production

  • Neyra, Ricardo Castillo;Vegosen, Leora;Davis, Meghan F.;Price, Lance;Silbergeld, Ellen K.
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 2012
  • The occupations involved in food animal production have long been recognized to carry significant health risks for workers, with special attention to injuries. However, risk of pathogen exposure in these occupations has been less extensively considered. Pathogens are a food safety issue and are known to be present throughout the food animal production chain. Workers employed at farms and slaughterhouses are at risk of pathogen exposure and bacterial infections. The industrialization of animal farming and the use of antimicrobials in animal feed to promote growth have increased the development of antimicrobial resistance. The changed nature of these pathogens exposes workers in this industry to new strains, thus modifying the risks and health consequences for these workers. These risks are not yet recognized by any work-related health and safety agency in the world.

A Study on the Safety Improvement of City Gas Pressure Regulators in Apartment Housing (공동주택 등에 설치하는 도시가스 압력조정기의 안전성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Youngman Yun;Yongchai Kwon;Kyungho Kim;Jihyun Jang
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.86-94
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    • 2023
  • This study was conducted with the purpose of preparing an alternative to improving the safety of civil pressure regulators installed instead of gas governors to supply city gas to apartment houses. First, problems were derived and solutions were presented by investigating the safety standards and installation status of domestic pressure regulators. In addition, using the DNV Phast-Safeti program, a quantitative risk assessment solution, risks such as gas leakage contained in pressure regulators installed in apartment houses and surrounding gas facilities were evaluated in terms of individual risks and societal risks, and measures were derived to reduce the risks in the installation and management of the pressure regulators.