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2017 Articles, Applications, Myths and Misconceptions, Risk Management

Words Matter

Written by WKM Staff on May 1st, 2017August 2nd, 2018.

Risk Concepts sometimes harbor challenges in understanding and communications. This means that we must employ extra care in our choice of language when discussing risk issues.

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