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Simple Ethics Rules for Better Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

For far too long, managing risk has been seen as an esoteric business function — designed to control losses and adhere to compliance standards. Senior business leaders and their boards must therefore change the way they think about risk and how they respond to it. Today, risk lies between the chair and the keyboard.

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Social Media Compliance Isn't Fun, But It's Necessary

Harvard Business Review

On May 24, 2012, Goldman Sachs did something it had never done in its venerable 143-year history. Go to LinkedIn and do a search for people currently employed by your enterprise," says social compliance strategist and financial industry veteran Mike Langford. without any compliance process or technology in place.". It tweeted.

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Each requires customized risk management processes.

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Hack-Proof Your Company's Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Believe it or not, the most common password in 2012 was still "password" (followed closely by "123456"). Structured training on security and compliance issues, as well as on more advanced themes like using social media to sell to clients and improve internal workflows, is critical.

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The JP Morgan "Whale" Report and the Ghosts of the Financial Crisis

Harvard Business Review

And unfortunately, they suggest that, in our huge, complex financial institutions, major failures of organizational discipline and major losses are likely to recur, despite greater attention to risk management. million in 2012 — because of his "Whale-related" failures, and that JPM had posted a record 2012 net income of $21.3

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

A future compensation action would reduce 2012 variable benefits (bonus or equity awards) in absolute terms (or through a much slower rate of increase). That legislative mandate imposes penalties, regardless of fault, for a defined set of senior leaders for one act (material non-compliance with respect to financial statements).

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.