December 1, 2007 Reputation Risk Management A 2008 survey investigated the status of reputation risk management at different companies and found that companies are aware of reputation risks but may not be sufficiently managing these risks. There...
December 1, 2007 Enterprise Risk Management: The Full Picture An Aon Global Risk Consulting survey conducted among 103 organizations in July 2007 aimed at supporting global organizations in developing enterprise risk management (ERM) strategies throughout various organizational cultures and utilizing sufficient...
October 16, 2007 Paulson Calls Housing Crisis the “Most Significant Risk” to Economy In a speech at Georgetown University, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson calls the current U.S. housing crisis the “most significant risk” to the U.S. economy.
September 28, 2007 Intersection of Strategic Planning and Risk Management Michael Raynor, Distinguished Fellow, Deloitte Consulting and author of The Strategy Paradox and The Innovator’s Solution, explored the relationship between strategic commitment and risk management in determining whether a...
September 1, 2007 Linking Governance to Strategy Finance professionals should play a key role in corporate governance, including connecting corporate governance to performance metrics and daily operations. This article examines an example of such a role in...
August 1, 2007 Political Risks Internal Auditor recently published an article titled, Assessing Political Risks, that discusses the role of chief audit executives (CAEs) as they face challenges such as unstable global markets. The article...
June 1, 2007 How Much is Reputation Worth to Your Corporation? The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) recently issued a report highlighting the value of corporate reputation for businesses today. The report covers key advantages of maintaining a strong corporate...
June 1, 2007 Cultivating Risk Intelligence for Competitive Advantage Risk intelligence requires organizations to consider both unrewarded risks, taken primarily for value protection, as well as rewarded risks, taken to drive value creation. Risk management has been increasing in...
September 25, 2006 ERM-Benefits for Strategic Planning The Quarterly Journal of the EDS Agility Alliance recently published an article titled, Coming of Age: As Enterprise Risk Management Matures, So Does Its Value in Strategic Planning, to emphasize...
April 1, 2005 Expanding ERM to Embrace Strategic Risk Firms are insured against the usual risks but they are not protected against strategic risks. By using enterprise risk management techniques to identify strategic risks, firms can use countermeasures for...
July 1, 2004 Outsourcing Decisions: Taking an ERM Approach Before outsourcing a business process or function, it is essential to assess the associated risks from an enterprise-wide risk management perspective. Poorly managed outsourcing decisions may ultimately increase, rather than...