The Boardroom Blog
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 | Posted by: Paul Mewett
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: report,
risk,
Board,
advice,
risk management,
guide,
social media,
Strategy,
Twitter,
crisis,
reputation,
Facebook,
Alan Joyce,
PR,
Qantas,
monitoring,
Internet Intelligence
Social media – what’s the worst that can happen? Quite a lot, as Qantas found out, when a social media crisis hit both its share price and its world-famous reputation for safety. Grant Thornton’s Internet Intelligence team reviews the story and suggests ways in which companies can implement a social media risk management strategy.
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
FRC,
Governance,
Risk
| Tags: governance,
risk,
FRC,
compliance,
financial,
annual report,
disclosure,
FRRP,
principal risks,
business review,
reporting,
directors' report
Many companies are not being clear enough when reporting the principal risks and uncertainties facing their business, said a concerned Financial Reporting Review Panel last week. What steps can businesses take to improve compliance?
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Monday, February 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Corruption,
Risk
| Tags: Bribery Act,
OECD,
bribe,
final adequate procedures guidance,
facilitation payments,
City of London Police Overseas Corruption Unit,
anti-bribery,
white collar crime,
growth review,
facilitation,
Coalition Government,
overseas embassies,
Haiti,
Anti-corruption
Bribery is more than just a white collar crime. Nicola Bonucci, OECD’s director for legal affairs, explores the public policy issues associated with bribery and emphasises the message that the Bribery Act is good for clean businesses who want to compete on a level playing field.
Sterl Greenhalgh, partner and head of Grant Thornton’s anti-corruption group, picks up on whether UK Government is providing enough support to business.
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Monday, February 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Corruption,
Non-executive director,
Risk
| Tags: M&A,
CFO,
due diligence,
Bribery Act,
bribery,
Companies Act,
non-executive directors,
G20,
board of directors,
corruption risk assessment,
enforcement,
Transparency International,
Proceeds of Crime Act,
growth review,
collective action,
infrastructure projects,
BAE Systems,
risk assessment,
World Bank,
Adequate procedures
What guarantee is there that enforcement will be taken seriously? Panel members discuss not only trends in enforcement but the commercial efficiencies of having systems in place to prevent bribery.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
entrepreneur,
risk,
CEO,
interview,
Luke Johnson,
food
We’ve posted a lot about risk management recently with our report
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
report,
survey,
risk,
strategy,
UK,
data,
business models,
risk management,
Ireland,
appetite,
attitudes
Risk appetite statements are a growing trend in the UK, while 84% of surveyed companies in Ireland are changing how they view risk, according to our recent report. Here, two experts from Grant Thornton, review the changing approaches to risk in the UK and Ireland post-recession.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
risk,
strategy,
tips,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools,
questions
This set of expert questions, asked by Grant Thornton’s risk services team, is designed to trigger a full and in-depth boardroom discussion on the quality of your risk management processes.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
report,
survey,
risk,
data,
business models,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools,
Business Risk Services,
Strategy
Our recent business risk report shows widespread complacency in company risk management processes. Check the risk maturity of your organisation with our quick online assessment tool.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
report,
survey,
risk,
strategy,
data,
business models,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools,
Business Risk Services
Why did so many risk processes fail to protect companies from the worst of the global downturn? And how can senior managers approach risk management afresh to help protect their business in future? Our latest research report has the answers. Plus, check out our tool to assess your own company’s risk maturity.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
FRC,
Governance,
Risk
| Tags: governance,
risk,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
financial reporting,
FRRP,
audit,
accounts,
internal,
external
Inconsistencies in annual reports between the corporate narrative and the external audit figures are becoming more of a focus for the
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Thursday, May 06, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Corruption,
Fraud,
Governance,
Non-executive director,
Risk
| Tags: FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
UK Corporate Governance Code,
corporate governance review
The Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Club is holding a practical and interactive workshop for experienced non-executives on 10 June 2010 to discuss the implications of risk, fraud and corruption to the non-executive directors’ role.
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