Regulatory Compliance and the Ethos of Quality Enhancement: Surprises in Nuclear Power Plant Operations

Regulatory Compliance and the Ethos of Quality Enhancement: Surprises in Nuclear Power Plant Operations

The relationship of regulatees to regulators is expected to be characterized predominantly by either efforts to co-opt, to resist, or to comply minimally. An unexpected relationship in which regulatory constraints have become incorporated within a broader ethos of quality enhancement and regulatee s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of public administration research and theory 1995-01, Vol.5 (1), p.109-137
Hauptverfasser: La Porte, Todd R., Thomas, Craig W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Administrative agencies
Commercial regulation
Economic regulation
Environmental regulation
Government regulation
Industrial regulation
Nuclear power
Nuclear power industry
Nuclear power plants
Quality control
Regulation
Regulatory theory
Research Monograph
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Zusammenfassung:The relationship of regulatees to regulators is expected to be characterized predominantly by either efforts to co-opt, to resist, or to comply minimally. An unexpected relationship in which regulatory constraints have become incorporated within a broader ethos of quality enhancement and regulatee self-imposed processes of endless analysis, watchfulness and search for root cause of errors is examined.
ISSN:1053-1858
1477-9803