Corporations quite often argue that superior products will be accepted in the marketplace, and that market forces are the best possible determinants of superior good. Products that contribute to pollution, waste natural resources, or add to unemployment don't really reflect these problems and are not seen in their price. A hierarchial view of the world respects authority and asserts that proper authority, followed properly, yields good results. In the world of regulation believers in hierarchial control assert that problems can only occur if the regulations are flawed. And when problems occur, they simply want to rewrite the regulations.
Critics argue there are probably no good, permanent regulations.
Other analysts point out that six percent of the U.S. gross national product is now devoted to environmental regulations and compliance. In some situations people become risk adverse, which is a condition wherein uncertainty becomes too great and the consequences are perceived to be too large to proceed. This is often associated with those who have a natural standard view of the world. Given the four views of the world there are some choices for managing risk. Those with a market view would simply let the consumers decide which products are acceptable, but this approach has been pretty much rejected by today's society.