All Guidelines articles – Page 3
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Managing a Disaster
You need to be sure that you can manage after a disaster rather than letting the disaster manage you, say Clive Fletcher-Wood and Alyson Tanner
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Heeding the wake up call
Companies must recognise the threat of terrorism and the need to address it, stresses Mark Harris
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Honouring the Pensions promise
The risk from defined benefit pension promises is inextricably linked to the sponsoring company's finances This was always the case but the accounting standard FRS17 has emphasised it in a way that ma
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Analysis
CRE seeks employers' views
The Commission For Racial Equality is asking British employers to take part in a consultation on its revised code of practice in employment
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Comment - Is it a risk or an opportunity?
Is it a risk or an opportunity? That is what many organisations will be asking themselves following the UK government's launch of draft regulations on the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) in May
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Biodiversity risk for extractive companies
Robert Barrington discusses a recent report on biodiversity and the risks for the extractive industries
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Are you being given the whole story?
CEOs, finance directors and risk managers are recognising the need to outsource part of the due diligence process prior to corporate transactions, in order to make sure that nothing suspicious is lurk
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Asbestos Update
Over 100 years after it was first publicly revealed in a UK parliamentary report to be hazardous to health, asbestos has made an unwelcome return to the top of organisations' risk registers, says Neil
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Feeling the Effects
While only eligible UK companies will fall within the Sarbanes-Oxley net, the UK government is considering additional legislation that will apply to all David Saunders writes.
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The ethical crossroads
In some business cultures 'sweeteners' are a fact of life Martin Cunningham looks at the ethical dilemma posed by bribery in an era of corporate social responsibility.
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Informed appointments
Alan Beazley says pre-employment screening can weed out applicants who are not what they seem
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Analysis
Need to review Turnbull?
UK risk management professionals believe that the landmark 1999 Turnbull report on internal controls now needs formal review Two thirds also feel that audit committees are becoming too overloaded.
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Analysis
Government consults on chemicals
The UK government has published a consultation document seeking views on revising the UK chemicals strategy
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Analysis
Biodiversity Risks Ignored
eISIS Asset Management has published a report on how the world's major extractive companies approach the issue of biodiversity
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OUTSOURCING - THE HIDDEN RISKS
While outsourcing can deliver benefits, there is a hidden downside warns Robert Davies
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ESSENTIAL RULES FOR EUROPE
While the European Commission does not plan a harmonised corporate governance code, it does intend to ensure a common approach, says Sue Copeman
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Analysis
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY GUIDANCE
A new publication, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book by Deborah Leipziger, is a guide for companies trying to understand the landscape of corporate responsibility and searching for a route toward
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MORE THAN COMPLIANCE
Despite the UK government's bid to revitalise health and safety, Andy Shaw believes that many companies are still not doing enough Practitioners need a new approach.
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CARRYING THE CAN
Who should take responsibility when things go wrong - the company or its individual directors? - asks Tan Ikram
