2011/12/12 by Michelle C. Pautz, Carolyn Slott Wamsley · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Public Policy and Administration Research #Regulation and Compliance Studies #Risk Perception and Management
paper · doi:10.1177/0095399711429108
openalex publication_date 2011/12/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
In environmental policy, the interactions of frontline environmental regulators and their counterparts in the regulated community constitute environmental protection in the United States. The authors offer a framework of the different types of interactions these actors may have with one another based on trust. Kettl and Fiorino, among others, have indicated that trust is a fundamental problem in environmental regulation. Building on these assertions, the authors delve into the extant trust literature and offer a definition of trust and, argue that trust is positive and should be sought in these relationships. The authors develop a framework of relationships between inspectors and facility personnel based on varying degrees of trust and offer testable hypotheses.