Features – Page 9
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FeaturesGood for you?
Confused by health claims on foods? If so, you are not alone. Research commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) suggests that generally many consumers are confused by such claims. Laura Bellfield looks at what the EC plans to do about it
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FeaturesA framework to restore confidence
After the recent events in the banking sector, more financial services firms may turn to enterprise risk management, says Gordon Burnes
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FeaturesThe changing face of corporate defence: Part 1
Sean Lyons asks to what extent the corporate world is preparing itself for defending the interests of all its stakeholders
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FeaturesThe changing face of corporate defence: Part 2
Sean Lyons asks to what extent the corporate world is preparing itself for defending the interests of all its stakeholders
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FeaturesProtecting your rights worldwide
Jackie Maguire and Sue Ratcliffe provide a guide to global IP protection
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FeaturesCRO: hero or villain?
As many companies move to recruit a CRO, Mike Wilkinson reviews the key issues organisations must consider to ensure they make the right appointment
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FeaturesCreating value
John Abbott pleads for a more enlightened corporate attitude to risk management
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FeaturesManaging supply in an outsourced world
Procurement and risk management need to team up over modern supply chains, say Alex Hindson and Finlay Murray
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FeaturesChallenges grow more sophisticated
Scenario planning can build capacity to adapt to large-scale political shocks
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FeaturesTalking about modelling
The cost of homeowners’ insurance is a very sensitive subject in US coastal states, and the role that catastrophe models may play in helping underwriters determine rates is bringing them under increasing scrutiny from politicians. By Lee Coppack
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FeaturesPoland a steep learning curve but …
The second POLRISK conference provides an opportunity to look at how risk management is evolving, Poland’s corporate governance aspirations and rules governing intermediaries, and the risks and opportunities presented by Euro 2012
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FeaturesThe revolving door that leads to nowhere
Andrzej S Nartowski looks at Poland's approach to corporate governance
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FeaturesChanging work patterns
Simon Norris argues that a self-regulating approach, in which staff are free to organise and manage their own time in a responsible way, can offer more benefits to employers than taking a heavy-handed
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FeaturesIn the wake of SocGen
Yet another financial scandal has highlighted the weaknesses of some organisations’ internal control. Are companies failing to learn lessons from the past? Or has the operating environment changed so much that it is making these lessons irrelevant?
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FeaturesLong arm of the US regulator
The failure of foreign regulators to prosecute firms for carrying out corrupt business practices abroad to win new business, has led the US to step into the breach waving a big stick with which to punish firms and individuals, with the threat of massive fines and jail sentences. Neil Hodge ...
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FeaturesDriving an integrated approach to governance risk and compliance
If people responsible for compliance are operating within silos, there may well be areas of neglect, warns Paul Pilkington
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FeaturesWhat is risk management?
Risk management is a way of dispelling the fog of uncertainty in which we live, says H Felix Kloman
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FeaturesManaging energy performance
The EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive requires member states to set minimum requirements on the energy performance of new buildings and of large buildings undergoing major renovation, and the certification of all buildings at the point of sale and rental. David Smith looks at the implications for UK businesses.
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FeaturesOpen source - A stealthy security risk?
Whether or not you know it, your organisation will be using open source software somewhere. Mark Tolliver explains the risks and how to control them
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FeaturesBreaching the wall
While risk management must be the first line of defence in any data protection strategy, Jeremy Smith urges companies to bolster that defence with robust insurance coverage
