All Risk News articles – Page 318
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Disaster planning lags
Despite 8,000 UK companies being affected by the floods, only a "handful" of FTSE 100 companies have a disaster recovery plan.
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Disclosure still lacking
Old economy companies may be better at voluntary disclosure than their new economy counterparts - but neither are giving investors what they want.
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Ergonomic solution to MSDs
After 10 years' research, the American Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released an ergonomics programme standard.
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Failure to take information security seriously
Half of all IT managers do not know if their organisation has an information security policy in place.
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Winning with integrity
A new UK report spells out the advantages of being a socially responsible business.
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Internet warning
The risks from e-commerce and using the internet are little understood and potentially crippling, according to Oliver Prior, research and development director of Willis Group Ltd.
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Risk management training
The IRM and the IOSH are offering a new training course for managers.
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Stopping occupational spammers
A recent survey by Gartner Group found that up to one-third of internal business e-mail was unnecessary.
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Pay and practices
The Conference Board's new report looks at the size and type of compensation paid to outside directors among companies in three industry sectors.
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Raising the profile of PFI
Dot.com investors and analysts know to their cost that it is difficult to get hold of reliable forward-looking information about companies.
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Protection for trustees
Following the implementation of the Trustee Act 2000 in February, Stuart Alexander Insurance and Risk Management, Fund Protection Ltd and AIG Europe have launched fund protection insurance to protect
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UK ruling alerts ALARM
The UK House of Lords ruling on 27 July in Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon has important risk management implications for local education authorities and the public sector in general.
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NAPF backs report on company law reform
On 1 August, the UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) publicly backed the "considered and measured" approach of the company law steering group.
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EASD best practice guidelines
The European Association of Securities Dealers (EASD) has issued pan-European corporate governance recommendations.
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Byers calls for UK law change
The framework of company law needs both to allow and to encourage directors to take wider responsibilities into account.
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ICGN forms share voting committee
ICGN has formed two committees to further its aims for fairness for international shareholders.
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Corporate governance research
The UK Birmingham Business School has established The Centre for Corporate Governance Research.
