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Tools for Escalating Risk Issues to the C-Suite and Board

The volume and complexities of risks on the horizon are at an all-time high. Not only are organizations navigating a multitude of risks triggered by the ongoing pandemic, but business...

Capturing Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons Revealed by COVID-19

COVID-19 is full of lessons to be learned for executives and boards of directors on how to manage the complex portfolio of risks potentially threatening an organization’s core...

How to Leverage ERM Principles to Better Respond to COVID-19-related Risks

The novel coronavirus is providing a catastrophic lesson on how critical it is for business leaders to come together to share information about the different kinds of risks being triggered...

Using ERM Principles To Help Navigate Risks Triggered by COVID-19

Mark Beasley, KPMG Professor and Director of the ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management at NC State University spoke at a livestream event on Monday, March 16, 2020, about applying...

Using ERM to Navigate Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Risk Events

The rapidly evolving coronavirus is triggering all kinds of risks impacting multiple aspects of an organization. Unfortunately, we are seeing first-hand how a single root cause event can trigger interrelated...

Advanced Risk Scoring Techniques

Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Jennifer MacKethan at Cisco Capital, on advanced risk scoring techniques that Cisco Capital employs in their...

Integrating ERM, Compliance, and Audit to Provide a Comprehensive View

Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Rick Moyer, Chief Risk Officer at Stanford University. Rick describes his role of the Chief Risk...

Transforming Reputation Risk Management

When breaking news hits the wires, it can trigger immediate financial impacts for major national organizations. Billions of dollars inmarket capitalization can be vaporized in a single news cycle, reflecting...

The Art & Science of Key Risk Indicators:  A Case Study Analysis

Many organizations struggle to develop Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that will provideearly warnings that risks may be more likely to materialize. This case study looks at 5 different organizations that have...

How Piloting Marine One Provides Lessons on Managing Risks

Mark Beasley, Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Mick Reed, Director of Strategy and Risk Management at VF Corporation, about lessons he learned from serving as...

January 5, 2021

Lessons from Fighting Wildfires & Pandemics

Mark Beasley, KPMG Professor of Accounting and Director of the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative in the Poole College of Management at NC State University, interviewed Mike Schneider, Vice President of...

January 4, 2021

Improving Management Review Controls

One of the primary ways an organization responds to risks is by implementing internal control policies and procedures to help prevent or deter a risk from occurring or to help...

December 9, 2020

Tools for Escalating Risk Issues to the C-Suite and Board

The volume and complexities of risks on the horizon are at an all-time high. Not only are organizations navigating a multitude of risks triggered by the ongoing pandemic, but business...

December 9, 2020

Paul Sarbanes, Co-Sponsor of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, Dies:  A Look Back to a Discussion With Him

In July 2002, following the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, President George W. Bush signed legislation widely known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (or SOX) that is viewed as landmark legislation...

November 13, 2020

Value of ERM:  Board Risk Oversight Associated with Lower Taxes

Using annual proxy disclosures regarding the level of board involvement in risk oversight, faculty from NC State University (Mark Beasley, Nathan Goldman, and Christina Lewellen) and Northern Arizona...

November 2, 2020

Managing Cash Flows in an Uncertain World

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, combined with global trade tensions, ongoing political elections, continued social unrest in some countries, and other risk drivers, has put tremendous strain on most organizations. Revenues...