BUYING BIO‐SECURITY – COMPENSATION FOR ANIMAL DISEASES Gareth Enticott and Robert Lee Centre for Business Relationships Accountability, Sustainability and Society, at Cardiff University, Wales, UK Introduction The Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) is an ESRC funded interdisciplinary research centre combining expertise from the Business School, the Law School and the School of City and Regional Planning (CPLAN). Research at the centre specialises in business sustainability and corporate social responsibility with a particular focus on the relationships between businesses and their key stakeholders (customers, suppliers, investors, workers, local communities and regulators). BRASS has a comprehensive programme of food related research incorporating the activities of over 20 members of academic staff, researchers and PhD students. This research programme is centred on 5 major themes: Biosecurity and Risk, Accountability Governance and Regulation, Agriculture and Rural Restructuring, Sustainable Supply Chains, and the Public Plate. Recent research projects undertaken by BRASS relating to social and legal aspects of biosecurity include: • Lessons from Foot & Mouth: Legal, Policy and Planning Perspectives • Biosecurity and the Regulation of Animal Health: The Case of Bovine Tuberculosis • Evaluation of the South West Wales Biosecurity Intensive Treatment Area • Styles of Veterinary Regulation For more details of BRASS biosecurity research see: http://www.brass.cf.ac.uk/projects/Food/biosecurity_and_risk_front_page.html Professor Robert Law, BRASS Centre, Cardiff University, 55 Park Place, Cardiff. CF10 3AT Dr Gareth Enticott, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, CF10 3WA Dr Alex Franklin, BRASS Centre, Cardiff University, 55 Park Place, Cardiff. CF10 3AT VERY EARLY DRAFT – PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE OR CITE