Risk

Risk refers to threats an organization faces -- loss of earnings, loss of reputation, or harm of any kind.  These articles explore the challenges of preventing, identifying and mitigating risk. Risk can come in many forms, including financial issues, legal liabilities, strategic or leadership errors, or accidents and natural disasters. Today,  IT- and data-related risks are growing concerns. The following articles about risk look at the issue from many angles, especially from that of compliance officers and risk managers.

Best of 2016: Understanding Your Risk Profile

Best of 2016: Understanding Your Risk Profile

There are significant limitations intrinsic to the traditional approach to risk assessment, which is why a more robust assessment is preferable. Certain categories of risk (strategic, operational, finance, and compliance, for instance) have unique characteristics that cannot be adequately accounted for in a basic assessment.

Best of 2016: 5 Common Risk Management Failures

Best of 2016: 5 Common Risk Management Failures

It’s easy to identify in hindsight where risk management failed, and taking a look at past ERM failures can actually provide great insight into what went wrong and why. Jim DeLoach offers insight into some of the lapses in risk management companies experience most frequently – along with indicators you can be on the lookout for to keep your organization...

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Is Our Risk Management Mature?

Organizations seeking to improve the risk management function must consider the maturity of its ERM infrastructure. Jim DeLoach writes that there are five levels of maturity – and there’s an ocean of distance between an ERM program in its infancy and one that’s operating at the highest level of capability. Where does your organization fall along the spectrum?

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3 Things Large Corporations Can Learn from SMEs

On their individual roads to success, large corporations have obviously gotten a lot of things right. Where many continue to struggle, however, is in managing risk effectively. Small and medium-sized organizations tend to hit the nail on the head in this department. Here’s some of what the big boys can learn from the little guys.

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Understanding Reputation Risk: The Qualitative and Quantitative Imperative

Authors Andrea-Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD and Leonard J. Ponzi, PhD Offer Dual Approach to Understanding Reputation Risk Major surveys in recent years have found that executives and board members ranked reputation risk not only as a top concern – but also as a strategic risk that could have significant impact on an organization’s overall wellbeing. In Understanding Reputation Risk: The Qualitative and...

A resource to measure bribery risk globally

The TRACE Matrix

TRACE International, the world's leading anti-bribery standard-setting organization, has announced the release of a new edition of the TRACE Matrix, a global business bribery risk index. Compared to the 2014 edition, the 2016 TRACE Matrix shows considerable improvement for some countries in reducing the risk of public bribery. Read more here.

There’s great risk in the status quo

Risk Management: Innovate or Die

Businesses in all industries are facing disruptive change, and how they respond to the change is critical. Companies who don’t develop a sound understanding of the new normal and/or don’t react quickly and appropriately won’t fare well. Jim DeLoach discusses the importance of embracing change and adapting accordingly.

Preventing risk management failures

12 Reasons Risk Management Fails

Inappropriate risk management implementation leads to project failure; this article discusses the major reasons and possible solutions associated with those failures. Preventing ERM failures involves adopting an internationally recognized standard such as ISO 31000, which is built on the most relevant best-practice scenarios from organizations worldwide and is general enough to reduce or eliminate bias.

Compliance challenges abound when third-party vendors have offshore ties

Risky Business

There is an increasing use of offshore jurisdictions by third-party vendors to elude taxes and hide illegal or unethical conduct, including bribes and kickbacks. When a vendor has offshore ties, there’s the possibility of compliance problems. Learn the three steps to take to reduce risk.

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