Transcript Document 7808323
Taking Stock of Trust
A conference organised by SCARR and CARR
Change and Uncertainty • • Trust as an increasing useful method of managing uncertainties – ‘The ongoing process of global interdependency will only increase the demand for trust as an essential condition for co operation’ – Misztal
Growing demands placed on trust vs. shrinking supply
Handling Trust • The ‘Audit Society’ • The new public managerialism • • The ‘precautionary principle’ and the ‘culture of fear’
Trust may be damaged by policies intended to enhance it
The new risk management
Scepticism and Trust • • Increasing value of accurate mistrust • Critical citizens • Sceptical individuals • Active trust, engagement and dialogic democracy
Appropriate trust may depend on accurate mistrust