Archives For Human Capital Risk Management

Fraudulent or corrupt acts may occur in your organisation right now. They may include a wide range of behaviors such as breach of trust, employee misconduct, fraudulent statements, assets misappropriation, criminal offence, and so on. The consequences of those fraudulent activities for organizations can go well beyond the direct financial loss to include regulatory investigations and media embarrassment leading to further damage to reputation, loss of staff’s motivation, loss of customers and ultimately destruction of shareholder value. Continue Reading…

Back in 2008, in the wake of the subprime debacle as the financial crisis was affecting every corners of the world economy,  equity-based compensation packages of senior executives and traders in financial institutions came under the scrutiny as one possible culprits for the excessive risk-taking behaviors that eventually led to the financial crisis.

IRONICALLY, equity-based compensation systems and in particular Stock Options were initially devised as a form of risk control to resolve the conflict of interests inherent in the agency problem in organizations Continue Reading…

Tsunamis, oil spills, political turmoil, corporate frauds, terrorism, workplace accidents and health concerns such as pandemic flu, and contaminations are some threats that could affect your organisation and employees leading to disastrous impact on an organisation’s business profitability and even sustainability. Continue Reading…