Would Implementing Responsible Care® Principles Improve the Safety of the Fracking Industry?

Author(s): Gail Krantzberg, Stephanie Theriault

Fracking is an industrial activity and like all industrial activities, it can have positive and negative impacts on the environment and society. The debate would benefit from a discussion of the risks and an analysis of the means for their mitigation. To this end, we describe of the principles of ethics of Responsible Care®, first formulated in Canada by the now Chemical Industry Association of Canada, could improve the performance of the industry and gain public trust in the process.

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