All Risk News articles – Page 317
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Data protection guidelines
Since 23 October, organisations have had to meet new obligations and comply with tighter controls on using the personal information they have collected.
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Public sector good practice
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, said that his office was working with government departments to improve their risk management and assist them in well thought-through risk taking.
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Serious fraud escalates
Big business is losing out to fraudsters, with over EURO3.6bn lost in the last two years
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Responsibility conference
The future Belgian presidency of the European Union, jointly with the Commission, is organising a conference on the place of corporate social responsibility on the social policy agenda.
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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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European call for CSR
European commissioners have presented a Green Paper promoting a European framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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Emotions blocking effective risk management
organisations are losing out and failing to realise value because ego, greed and fear are stopping them from employing effective risk management
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The value of environmental performance
Does superior environmental performance indicate increased shareholder value? An emerging body of evidence suggests it may, according to a report from the Assabet Group.
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Top US corporate citizens
A recent issue of Business Ethics magazine lists the 100 best corporate citizens for 2001, America’s most profitable and socially responsible major public companies.
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Insurable certification on-line
Globalisation and the growth of e-commerce raise problems of lack of transparency and security.
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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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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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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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Stopping occupational spammers
A recent survey by Gartner Group found that up to one-third of internal business e-mail was unnecessary.
