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Dealing with staff kidnapping
The threat of kidnap is increasing and is not limited to known hotspots such as South America and parts of Asia. It is starting to emerge in a variety of guises in Europe, where extortion is a common threat
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Theory and PracticeCyber Risks: The warnings are there, now it is time to act
By Christopher Keegan, Willis expert for cyber, and errors and omissions insurance
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Chain reaction
Businesses should consider the ethical issues surrounding supply chain labour or else beware the risk of incurring brand and reputational damage
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Behavioural strategies
Emotions play a significant part in the decision-making process, according to the latest in our academic essays series
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Difficult road ahead to recovery
Although Italy’s economy is not in as critical a state as analysts had anticipated, the country will have to navigate its way past various obstacles on the way to financial and social stability
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Top risks for French risk managers
Cybercrime’s seemingly limitless potential for disruption is giving French risk managers sleepless nights
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Ensuring timely payments
Late payments are turning into an epidemic, putting many companies at risk
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The case for risk leadership
There is a feeling among risk practitioners that theoretical risk management has strayed from our intuition of the world in which we manage risk daily
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Transforming abstract concepts into reality
From chaos theory to the consideration of unknown unknowns, there’s much risk managers can learn from academic thought
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Theory and Practice
Dealing with staff kidnapping
The threat of kidnap is increasing and is not limited to known hotspots such as South America and parts of Asia. It is starting to emerge in a variety of guises in Europe, where extortion is a common threat
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Theory and Practice
Five questions to ask before joining a board
Considering that, as a director, your personal assets could ultimately be at stake, you may wish to ask yourself some questions before deciding to join a company’s board
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Protecting your intellectual property
Prioritisation of top-slice assets and risk identification are cornerstones of an effective strategy
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How to: Avoid health and safety prosecution
Individual prosecutions for health and safety offences are on the rise, so it is more important than ever to ensure that senior managers are fulfilling their duties
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Innovate to mitigate effects
Glasgow Caledonian University Researchers are studying ways local authorities can reduce austerity risks to vulnerable people
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How to: Cope with kidnapping
No longer reserved for movies and millionaires, kidnapping is a very real possibility for executives working and travelling in risky environments abroad. Make sure you know how to keep yourself, and your staff, safe
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How to manage cyber risks
After a successful SR100 event exploring cyber risks in depth, StrategicRISK asks John Dowdy, head of defence security at McKinsey Co, what measures companies should be taking to defend themselves?
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Five steps to re-emerging as a resilient organisation
Organisations need to rebuild their risk management structures to cope with the increasing frequency of unforeseen, devastating risk events
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How to: Avoid getting caught out by trade sanctions
Governments are increasingly willing to use trade sanctions as a political tool, and can put them in place quickly. Businesses must work hard to keep on top of regulatory changes
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How to: Deal with complexity
In this increasingly uncertain world, organisations need to evolve their risk management frameworks to further enhance their resilience to unexpected shocks. Here are five practical steps to do so
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Great contraction reveals price of poor money management
The economic turmoil has exposed flaws and inefficiencies in corporate treasury departments that is costing companies much more than they realise, according to a survey
