What is at stake when high-risk practices are deeply embedded in our most hazardous and influential organizations? Dr. Majia Nadesan explains—through the case studies of the 2017 financial crisis, the 2010 BP oil spill, and the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster—the importance of holding organizations morally and ethically accountable, to reduce disaster occurrences in the future. At Arizona State University's West campus, Dr. Nadesan teaches courses that look at risk communication, economic and corporate communication, propaganda and social advocacy, and interpretive and critical methods. Dr. Nadesan’s interdisciplinary research examines the ethical implications of societal governing logics and risk-management strategies across social contexts, interrogating global economic, social, and technological logics and assemblages shaping everyday life practices and opportunities for adults, children and people with disabilities. Most recently, she has looked at how politics and scientific uncertainty complicate risk assessment in Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk (2013) and addressed risks to democratic society through comparative risk analyses of 3 crises: the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the 2010 BP oil spill, and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis in Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy and Ecological Sustainability. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx