#150 – SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS THE NEW BLACK IN RISK – GREG CARROLL

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GregCarrollEven more than reputational risk or cyber risk, social unrest is lining up to be a greater disrupter than any other issue. From Brexit to ISIS to race relations, civil unrest is shaping up to have a profound impact on business.  For the management of uncertainty on business objectives to be truly effective then risk needs to also include all items that disrupt the marketplace.  As such, Social Responsibility is the primary strategy to ensure business resilience. Continue reading

#148 – HOW TO MAKE AUDIT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVE – GREG CARROLL

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GregCarrollEffectiveness is the holy grail of Compliance Management.  Whether regulatory or ERM, ensuring business is conducted as intended is the base requirement to optimising your organization’s performance.

Let’s face it, business spends its money where it will deliver the best return, i.e. to shareholders, so the key to increasing the compliance budget is to measure compliance as a factor of performance not as a safety net. Continue reading

#145 – DEMYSTIFYING RISK – LIFE VS. DEATH – GREG CARROLL

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GregCarrollRisk management is suffering from too much consultant-speak – mystifying what is a standard business practice. When inducting new staff in the concepts of risk management, I use the most obvious analogy which clarifies the issues simply: that of our own mortality. Continue reading

#144 – BEHIND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT FAILURES AT MITSUBISHI, VW, AND TARGET – GREG CARROLL

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GregCarroll2016 has seen a virtual tsunami of compliance failures involving some of our largest companies. From Mitsubishi to VW, from ANZ to Target, almost weekly there have been media reports about some company employees having run amok – unbeknownst to their executives and boards. People are asking: “What happened to the compliance management systems that are supposed to monitor and prevent such abuses?” Executives and boards are naturally starting to question the entire compliance management function. Continue reading