All Best Practice articles – Page 4

  • Analysis

    Directors' duties bill fails

    2005-04-20T00:00:00Z

    The UK Health and Safety (Directors Duties) Bill failed to pass its second reading in Parliament on 4 March

  • Features

    A New Code for Belgium

    2005-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Sergio Beristain looks at the development of Belgium's corporate governance initiative

  • Features

    Personally Accountable

    2005-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Directors and managers face potential personal criminal liability for some offences - and whenever a director is held liable there are implications for brand reputation Tan Ikram provides a checklist

  • Features

    Security or Illusion?

    2004-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Directors' and officers' liability was a discussion theme at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) seminar 2004

  • Analysis

    DDA Compliance

    2004-12-20T00:00:00Z

    With the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) at the top of the agenda for many businesses, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a guide for end-users to assist in compliance

  • Features

    US prices fall but changes continue

    2004-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Michael Rossi discusses recent US trends

  • Features

    Bowing to the inevitable

    2004-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Change is in the air for corporate governance across the globe, and there are plenty of good reasons for that, says Kenneth McKenzie

  • Features

    Messages that come back to haunt you

    2004-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Incriminating e-mails are increasingly being produced as evidence in corporate crime trials

  • Features

    Achieving a risk culture

    2004-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Julien Morel and Cyril Vegni discuss the evolution of a risk culture within the Group La Poste and the strategies for its development

  • Features

    Using your intelligence

    2004-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Mark T Townsend examines the importance of business intelligence and due diligence in assessing risk in emerging markets

  • Analysis

    Government fails to lead ...

    2004-11-04T00:00:00Z

    The reluctance of the UK Government to provide consistently clear leadership has resulted in its strategy on sustainability reporting stalling, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accoun

  • Analysis

    Progressing towards a crash-free culture

    2004-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Interactive Driving Systems (IDS) global Virtual Fleet Risk Management System has facilitated a customer benchmarking programme, so that like-minded individuals and organisations can share best practi

  • Analysis

    Sustainable Building

    2004-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Governments, not markets must be in the driving seat if there is to be any progress in controlling the massive environmental impact of the world's construction activities, says a new report published

  • Features

    Stress in the workplace

    2004-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Helen Hatchek discussed the growing problem of stress and how employers can deal with it

  • Features

    Recruit without risk

    2004-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The importance of corporate reputations, shrinking work pools, increased equal opportunities legislation and the financial risks of non-compliance should prompt companies to fully address equal employ

  • Features

    Sick notes

    2004-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack looks at the growing focus on absence management, and at how Tesco is tackling the issue

  • Special Reports

    Risk management for an enlarged EU

    2004-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Jeff Manners says that companies operating in the Central European countries that joined the EU this year will need a structured approach to risk management to gain competitive advantage

  • Features

    Shareholder activism

    2004-09-15T00:00:00Z

    With their ability to change whole boards, slap down fat cat pay deals, and put the brakes on overly ambitious and risky business strategies, institutional investors have become the scourge of corpora

  • Features

    Disclosing The Facts

    2004-06-29T00:00:00Z

    New legislation will encourage UK companies to provide more information for stakeholders But, without compulsion, will anything change?

  • Features

    Heeding the wake up call

    2004-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Companies must recognise the threat of terrorism and the need to address it, stresses Mark Harris