CorporateGovernor white paper series
The CorporateGovernor white paper series explores a range of topics of concern to the governance community--the directors, officers, and executives responsible for ensuring that our public companies are run well and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Current and future topics range from fraud prevention and detection to financial reporting control and SOX compliance:
The Summer 2009 issue features enterprise risk management (ERM):
In an economic downturn, risk can emerge from both expected and unexpected channels. In order to weather this economic storm, organizations must respond proactively, taking the proper steps to ensure they are assessing, prioritizing and managing all risks – both old and new – in a strategic and consistent way.
Our latest CorporateGovernor white paper, Enterprise risk management: Creating value in a volatile economy, addresses the reasons why implementing an ERM program will benefit you in a down economy and how it can enhance business strategy, both now and when conditions improve.
The white paper explores:
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How ERM might affect your credit rating
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Rethinking risk in a down economy
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ERM's contribution to stronger corporate governance and compliance
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Identifying strategic opportunities through effective risk management
Read one of our past issues of the CorporateGovernor white paper series:
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Hear that whistle blowing! Establishing an effective complaint-handling process addresses an important mandate of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: the requirement that audit committees establish procedures for receiving, documenting, and handling complaints related to accounting and auditing matters.
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Knock your SOX off- Getting business benefits from 404 compliance explores how SOX activities can be leveraged for business benefits, including: improving the nature of certain controls; centralizing operations; improving the flow and reliability of information; and implementing business process improvements.
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Sustaining SOX Compliance: Moving from chaos to consistency covers recommendations for companies seeking to make their financial control systems and evaluations sustainable.