Governments, companies shifted COVID risk management responsibility to individuals: study

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A new Canadian study has found that over the first five months of 2020, government and corporate approaches to COVID-19 went from taking decisive, collective action against the pandemic to emphasizing individual responsibility.

The researchers say that Canadian policymakers and firms should take more ownership of the challenge, but in the end, "it takes everyone to protect everyone.""Passing the Buck vs. Sharing Responsibility: The Roles of Government, Firms and Consumers in Marketplace Risks during COVID-19,"Its authors analyzed speeches and tweets by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dr.

This lasted until mid-April, when researchers found the emphasis was increasingly placed on "responsible consumers." This phase began "once organizations established the ceiling of their efforts and demanded consumers' co-operation," according to the study. "What we find in general is, we first externalize the situation, then we take control of the situation. Eventually, we sort of ask the consumers to co-operate to help mitigate the risk."

The study also found that governments and organizations failed to properly emphasize the interdependence of different groups, instead focusing on the risks to vulnerable populations such as seniors and health-care workers.

 

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heaven forbid individual responsibility

Sure they did. Companies don’t want to assume the risk of telling someone who is sick to keep working. But if your sick, your also let go. Fair enough

Yep - made it the lowest workers job to clean, enforce, adapt - same pay, twice the work.

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