All People Risks articles – Page 33
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Features
Avoiding claims
How can directors steer clear of claims? Christine Seib asks some of the experts
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Trouble ahead?
Nick Stanbury looks at the practical implications for company directors of the proposed UK company law changes
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South Africa the HIV/Aids crisis
Companies which source products in South Africa, or which have subsidiaries there, may need to face up to the growing problem of the country’s HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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New laws, new liabilities
Forthcoming UK legislation will impose new liabilities on directors. In some cases, they will risk not only fines, but imprisonment. William Allison reviews the changes
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Transactions increase vulnerability.
Negotiating mergers, acquisitions and IPOs can leave directors open to claims. Charles Boorman discusses the risks and how to protect yourself against them
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Managing people risks and risky people
Mark Edelsten believes that HR managers have an important role to play in the risk management team.
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Railtrack: Governance under Pressure
Lee Coppack discusses whether Railtrack's failure to manage safety risks and maintain shareholder value could have been avoided.
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Firm foundations
Construction projects offer opportunities for fraudsters. Establish some firm rules when commissioning work, urges Geoff Covey.
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Analysis
Serious fraud escalates
Big business is losing out to fraudsters, with over EURO3.6bn lost in the last two years
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Analysis
Stress claim dismissed
An office manager who brought a claim against her employers for work-related stress has had her case dismissed.
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Features
Mobile alert
Electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones and their support infrastructure, look set to be a long-term thorn in the side of many risk managers and insurers. Jessica McCallin reports
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Innocents Abroad?
Businesses should make sure that their employees are streetwise. Keith Miller has some tips for travellers.
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How vunerable is your information?
It is quite disturbing how complacent some organisations are about information security.
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Scoring own goals
Imagine that you are at a very important high level meeting to decide the future strategy of your company.
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Reassessing longtail exposures
A recent court decision will cause some companies to reassess their liabilities where past operations have exposed their employees and others to asbestos.
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Deadly cost of driving
Ten people are killed and 1,000 more are injured on Britain’s roads every day.
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The blame game
The Blame Game is alive and flourishing in the UK, as employees follow the US trend and become increasingly litigious.
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Analysis
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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Analysis
Stopping occupational spammers
A recent survey by Gartner Group found that up to one-third of internal business e-mail was unnecessary.
