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Deloitte Survey Finds Companies Underprepared and Lacking Confidence to Protect Against and Respond to Reputation Risks

by Corporate Compliance Insights
October 30, 2014
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Deloitte Survey Finds Companies Underprepared and Lacking Confidence to Protect Against and Respond to Reputation Risks

Survey shows reputational issues have a strong impact on customer confidence, brand value, and a company’s bottom line

New York, Oct. 28, 2014 – The majority of global companies (76 percent) are confident that their reputations are strong, according to the 2014 Reputation at Risk survey conducted by Forbes Insights on behalf of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL). However, that confidence declines when it comes to protecting against and responding to reputation risks. In fact, only 19 percent of companies would award themselves an “A” grade for their capabilities to manage against such risks.

The global survey of more than 300 executives found that 39 percent of companies rated the maturity of their reputation risk management programs as either average or below average. Yet such programs can be critical to an organization’s bottom line and ability to rebound from a hit to their reputation. Respondents from companies that had previously experienced a negative reputation event reported that the areas impacted the most were revenue (41 percent) and loss of brand value (41 percent).

“Companies are concerned about the consequential effects that escalating reputational issues can have,” said Henry Ristuccia, Global Governance, Risk and Compliance Leader, DTTL. “Both internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, shareholders, employees and customers, maintain a powerful foothold in a company’s overall brand value. Utilizing technology—such as analytics and brand monitoring tools—to proactively manage these relationships and mitigate reputational risks is critical to a company’s success.”

The survey reveals executive-level concerns and their view on the potential consequences of reputation risk, including:

  • Reputation risk is a top strategic business issue: 88 percent of executives are explicitly focusing on reputation risk as a key business challenge.
  • Senior-level executives are responsible for reputation risk:Primary ownership remains in the hands of the Chief Executive Officer (36 percent), Chief Risk Officer (21 percent), Board of Directors (14 percent) or Chief Financial Officer (11 percent).
  • Customers are the most important stakeholders for managing reputation risk (81 percent): Other key stakeholders include regulators (73 percent), senior executives (68 percent), employees (68 percent) and investors (65 percent).
  • Companies are least confident when it comes to risks that are beyond their direct control: Such risks include third-party/extended enterprise issues (47 percent), competitive attacks (44 percent) and hazards or other catastrophes (44 percent).
  • Companies are investing to improve their capabilities for managing reputation risk:More than half of companies (57 percent) say they plan to address reputation risk by investing in technology such as analytical and brand monitoring tools as well as crisis management and scenario planning.

The top underlying drivers of reputation risk were found to be related to ethics and integrity (55 percent), such as fraud, bribery and corruption; followed by security risks (45 percent), both physical and cyber; and product and service risks (43 percent). These three drivers are expected to remain the leading factors for at least the next three years. Third-party relationships are another rapidly emerging risk area, as companies are increasingly being held accountable for the actions of their suppliers and vendors.

As scrutiny over third-party relationships rises, opportunities for potential risk grow in tandem. In addition to revenue and brand value loss, which were both shown as leading impacts at 41 percent, 37 percent of the surveyed executives indicated regulatory investigations were another major consequence. That number balloons to 45 percent of respondents from financial services firms.

“It is difficult to quantify the loss that companies face during a negative reputational event,” said Ristuccia. “However, recent history has shown that an issue can take on a life of its own, not only bleeding into other aspects of a company’s operations, with significant financial ramifications and brand value loss, but a shift in an entire industry, with investigations and increased regulations.”

For more information about Deloitte member firms’ Governance, Risk and Compliance practices, please visit: www.deloitte.com/grc.


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