All Feature articles – Page 7
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FeaturesProjects under the microscope
The construction industry and its customers are in an economic vice, squeezed on one side by the downturn and, on the other, by radically reduced funding options, says Garry Booth
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FeaturesPicking up the pieces
Have the high profile casualties of the finance sector strengthened the case for risk management, or merely exposed its limitations? Graham Buck looks at the evidence
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FeaturesPolicing your suppliers
With the threat of jail time, massive fines, exclusion from government contract work, and potentially ruinous damage to their reputations, companies should be putting bribery risks committed via third parties high on their risk agenda, says Neil Hodge
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FeaturesProduct recall risk
In today’s world product safety is paramount. Nathan Skinner sets the scene for this special report on product recall
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FeaturesUnrest and uncertainty
The world is a risky place and economic recession has not helped, says Nathan Skinner
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FeaturesGetting ready for The 31000
The new ISO standard is meeting with a mixed response from risk managers, says Neil Hodge
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FeaturesTaking a united approach
Alex Kiffen reports on a recent round table discussion on how to deal with catastrophe and how to prevent it
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FeaturesThe cost of compliance
While businesses may greet EU proposals for new regulation with a universal groan, Andrew Williams asks – is the need for compliance actually an aid for risk managers in establishing better systems and practices?
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FeaturesCan you dig for wealth and be green?
Extractive industries and sustainability do not go hand in hand. Or do they? We asked Total and Rio Tinto for their views
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FeaturesRome II: New Year New rules
EU regulation Rome II should bring greater certainty over liability issues. Wendy Hopkins and Stephen Turner write
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FeaturesWhat do you know?
Managing risk information successfully has become a priority for European companies. Graham Buck asks what a risk information system needs to be effective for everyone within the organisation
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FeaturesRisk in a recession
Risk is following hard on the heels of the recession, warns Nathan Skinner
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FeaturesAn integrated approach
Aymeric Boyer-Vidal, GDF-Suez’s director of audit and risk discusses embedding enterprise risk management and handling a crisis
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FeaturesAchieving a share of the marketing mind
David Abrahams considers the ways and means of introducing risk thinking to marketing colleagues in difficult times
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FeaturesTwelve steps to better security
Some organisations are struggling to comply with the payment card industry’s new set of standards on data security. Nathan Skinner explains
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FeaturesAre you breaking the law?
Nathan Skinner addresses the thorny problem of the legality of multinational insurance covers
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FeaturesClaims waiting to happen?
Every year, traffic accidents around the world cause about 1.2m fatalities and 50m injuries. But there are other victims, say Monika Gruber and Marion Schwehr, as insurers are becoming
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FeaturesConflicted directors on thin ice
Danielle Harris warns that new UK rules could force directors to stand down or risk possible claims
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FeaturesA question of culture
Richard Baker stresses the need to align risk culture with that of the organisation and suggests ways of developing an effective approach
