For Ziona Strelitz, founder director of ZZA responsive user environments, the failure to create sustainable working environments in the past resulted from directors being afraid to take what would be perceived as risks.
The banking system was saved from collapse by billions of pounds of taxpayers' money, which in turn led to anger that the public was having to bail out bankers, who were perceived as risk-taking and "greedy".
Although the risk of phthalates was perceived by participants as legitimate, the ubiquitous nature of household chemicals was often perceived as risks participants were willing to accept.
One risk perception model describes the perceptual characterization of risk through two main axes: risk familiarity (unknown risk is perceived as higher risk) and level of dread associated with risk [23].
As a result, among 56 risk factors, 36 are perceived as key risk factors affecting the success construction of green buildings.
Previous gastrointestinal bleed was perceived as lower risk than a patient at risk for falls.
And, notes Barry Glassner, president of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., and an expert on fear and risk perception, "anything that is widely perceived as lower risk, we blame ourselves when something goes wrong".
There is indeed a danger that students with dependents are unfairly perceived as 'high risk' students, that is, likely to have problems completing degrees, and that this could be used as a tacit justification for rejecting them, in some cases".
The sector is perceived as lower risk, and popular with investors in uncertain times.
