User:Mari Malinen
Homework 1
What is shared understanding?
- All participants understand what decision options are considered, desired outcomes, objectives, facts, opinions and disagreements exist and why. Also why a certain decision option is selected.
- Everyone understands the whole picture without having to agree with each other.
What different purposes are there for participation in assessment and/or decision making?
- Openness builds trust among participants and outside observers.
- To make sure all relevant issues are raised and handled properly
- Through successful critique invalid statements can be ruled out from the assessment
What is benefit-risk assessment?
- Analyzing different scientific data to compare benefits and risks of an event, activity, food etc.
- For example assessing use of food additives: do the benefits outweigh possible risks?