All Best Practice articles – Page 4
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Analysis
Directors' duties bill fails
The UK Health and Safety (Directors Duties) Bill failed to pass its second reading in Parliament on 4 March
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Features
A New Code for Belgium
Sergio Beristain looks at the development of Belgium's corporate governance initiative
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Features
Personally Accountable
Directors and managers face potential personal criminal liability for some offences - and whenever a director is held liable there are implications for brand reputation Tan Ikram provides a checklist
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Features
Security or Illusion?
Directors' and officers' liability was a discussion theme at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) seminar 2004
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Analysis
DDA Compliance
With the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) at the top of the agenda for many businesses, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a guide for end-users to assist in compliance
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Features
Bowing to the inevitable
Change is in the air for corporate governance across the globe, and there are plenty of good reasons for that, says Kenneth McKenzie
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Features
Messages that come back to haunt you
Incriminating e-mails are increasingly being produced as evidence in corporate crime trials
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Features
Achieving a risk culture
Julien Morel and Cyril Vegni discuss the evolution of a risk culture within the Group La Poste and the strategies for its development
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Using your intelligence
Mark T Townsend examines the importance of business intelligence and due diligence in assessing risk in emerging markets
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Analysis
Government fails to lead ...
The reluctance of the UK Government to provide consistently clear leadership has resulted in its strategy on sustainability reporting stalling, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accoun
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Analysis
Progressing towards a crash-free culture
Interactive Driving Systems (IDS) global Virtual Fleet Risk Management System has facilitated a customer benchmarking programme, so that like-minded individuals and organisations can share best practi
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Analysis
Sustainable Building
Governments, not markets must be in the driving seat if there is to be any progress in controlling the massive environmental impact of the world's construction activities, says a new report published
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Features
Stress in the workplace
Helen Hatchek discussed the growing problem of stress and how employers can deal with it
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Features
Recruit without risk
The importance of corporate reputations, shrinking work pools, increased equal opportunities legislation and the financial risks of non-compliance should prompt companies to fully address equal employ
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Features
Sick notes
Lee Coppack looks at the growing focus on absence management, and at how Tesco is tackling the issue
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Special Reports
Risk management for an enlarged EU
Jeff Manners says that companies operating in the Central European countries that joined the EU this year will need a structured approach to risk management to gain competitive advantage
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Features
Shareholder activism
With their ability to change whole boards, slap down fat cat pay deals, and put the brakes on overly ambitious and risky business strategies, institutional investors have become the scourge of corpora
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Features
Disclosing The Facts
New legislation will encourage UK companies to provide more information for stakeholders But, without compulsion, will anything change?
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Features
Heeding the wake up call
Companies must recognise the threat of terrorism and the need to address it, stresses Mark Harris
