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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...

August 13, 2020

Managing Risks During COVID-19 Key Insights

Mark Beasley, director of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative and KPMG professor of accounting, and Frank Buckless, Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Dean of Poole College, hosted the inaugural Virtual...

July 17, 2020

What is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

Leaders of organizations must manage risks in order for the entity to stay in business. In fact, most would say that managing risks is just a normal part of running...

July 7, 2020

Getting Your Arms Around Risk Appetite

Most people understand the overarching concept of risk appetite.  They recognize that risk appetite should reflect the organization’s stakeholder willingness to take risks that management and the...

July 7, 2020

Board Risk Oversight Associated with Lower Tax Burden

New research finds that corporate tax-planning practices improve when a company’s board takes an interest in tax-planning practices – and better planning results in both less tax uncertainty...

June 17, 2020

COSO’s ERM Framework

One of the most widely embraced ERM frameworks is COSO’s Enterprise Risk Management – Integrating with Strategy and Performance issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the...

June 17, 2020

ISO’s Risk Management Framework

ISO’s 31000:2018 Risk Management-Guidelines is a widely embraced framework for implementing ERM in any type of organization.  Issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISO 31000:2018 provides guidelines...