Features – Page 20

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    Deadly cost of driving

    18 June 2001

    Ten people are killed and 1,000 more are injured on Britain’s roads every day.

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    Join the virtuous circle

    15 June 2001

    Not unnaturally perhaps, everyone tends to look at risk from their own perspective because risk threatens change to the norm.

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    Don't risk employee claims

    14 June 2001

    Increasing complex employment legislation, coupled with broad definitions of "workers" and high awards, are putting pressure on companies. Who would be an employer? asks Rachel Dineley.

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    Putting a price on life

    14 June 2001

    Mike Hanley discusses the cost benefit problems of increasing the safety of the railways.

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    Competing fairly

    14 June 2001

    Competition liability is a growing risk. Can insurance help? Nick Stanbury lays out the ground rules.

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    Blowing the whistle

    14 June 2001

    Frank Heinrich-Jones looks at the effects of the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

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    Human rights and corporate risk

    14 June 2001

    The Human Rights Act is now law. And it is not only public bodies that are affected writes Tony Cherry.

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    The hazardous office

    14 June 2001

    How safe are your company's offices? Rosalind Benjamin gives some guidelines on assessing and removing dangers.

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    Intranet training

    14 June 2001

    Has your organisation got a large number of employees? If so, video programmes may be effective in getting the risk management message across, says Ray Williams.

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    Managing your people risks

    14 June 2001

    Family friendly policies create new risk issues. You should consider strategic HR and people risk management, says Mark Edelsten.

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    Embedded risk management - the new grail?

    14 June 2001

    Outsourcing can mean entrusting your hard won customers and reputation to someone else. Can you be sure their risk management principles and processes match yours? Rosie Harrison reports.

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    Focusing on your customers

    14 June 2001

    In the late 1960s, marketing guru Ted Levitt suggested that the purpose of a business was to "create and keep a customer".

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    Measuring human capital

    14 June 2001

    Doug Ross and Steven Dicker show how key HR practices produce shareholder value.

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    Bare minimum

    14 June 2001

    The Government has asked industry to suggest new ways to take the risk out of pension funding. Adrian Leonard explores he alternatives.

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    Fat cats on a diet?

    14 June 2001

    Executive pay is an emotive issue. You need to keep both your directors and your shareholders happy. This may mean questioning traditional packages, warns Peter Brown.

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    Making the grade

    14 June 2001

    How do rating agencies assess your company's credit status? Does good corporate governance help? Chris Legge summarises some key points.

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    Don't be a fraud victim

    14 June 2001

    Take a tough line to prevent fraud says Geoff Covey.

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    No escape for corporate killers

    13 June 2001

    Peter Campion, assisted by Asam Khan, discusses the implications of the proposed new UK offence of corporate killing.

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    Health, safety and reputation

    12 June 2001

    A recent survey shows that health and safety issues have a significant influence on corporate reputation. Neville Purvis believes companies should take a positive approach.

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    Process benchmarking and sharing knowledge

    12 June 2001

    Jonathan Bendit describes a system for sharing process information.