From ‘good’ intentions to principled practices and beyond: ethical issues in risk communication

Ethical issues emerge whenever a decision or action has the potential to affect another person (Sellnow et al. 2008: 147) This chapter summarizes and critically addresses the evolution of risk communication approaches through the lens of ethical issues. The growth and the consolidation of risk communication as an independent, cross-cutting discipline appear to be strictly connected to the growing concern for both public's and individual recipients’ needs and rights.