A large number of ISO technical committees are now involved in the production of standards where the control of risk pays a central part in their scope. Many of these standards deal with the reduction of risks to health and safety and follow the principles given in Guide 51:1999, Safety aspects - Guidelines for their inclusions in standards. Other standards deal with the control of risks other than health and safety - perhaps in the service sector where the risk is financial or the failure to provide some specific consumer need. In both cases, the risks are being controlled within a management structure - whether it is a commercial organization or one within the public sector. Therefore, risk management is the tool that is used to achieve the objectives defined in the relevant risk-based standard.In most cases, there is no apparent link in the standard between the risk control objectives defined in the standards and the organization that will apply the requirements of the standard. This has created many uncertainties over the role that risk management has to play in the work of the standardizers and in the application of the standards by organizations.
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