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Enterprise Risk Management

In the beginning…there were the high-stakes / high-visibility crises events that are now part of corporate legend -- the ExxonValdez tanker oil spill in Alaskan waters (in resource-rich Prince William Sound) just as the fishing season got underway -- the deliberate poisoning of over-the-counter Tylenol pain relief pills, resulting in the tragic deaths of retail customers trusting in the product (the most recommended by physicians, it was said at the time). 

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News & Updates

July 2, 2009
Consumers Must Assume More of the Responsibility for Food Safety Issues

Source:MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

No one really wants to meet Bill Marler, a food safety lawyer from Seattle, because those who do are likely A) critically sickened by contaminated food and in need of legal help, or B) responsible for selling the food.

July 1, 2009
Dunkin' stops selling hot chocolate as a precaution

Source:Boston Globe

Dunkin' Donuts, the Canton-based coffee-and-baked-goods chain, said that it will temporarily stop selling hot chocolate and Dunkaccino beverages as a precautionary measure after one of its suppliers learned that some of its...

July 1, 2009
Under the microscope: SEC's amendment proposals

Source:PR Week

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a series of rule amendments that would make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors to corporate boards. The SEC says it wants to address concerns of board...

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Research & Insights

June 29, 2009
The science of climate change, for public consumption

Source:Global Post

Shortly after moviegoers watched images of New York City fall to what can only be described as flash glaciation in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow," a group of climate scientists launched a blog called RealClimate.

June 24, 2009
KROLL PREDICTS CORRUPTION COSTS COULD TOTAL $500 BILLION WORLDWIDE, AS FBI BRACES FOR NEXT WAVE OF FINANCIAL FRAUD TIED TO STIMULUS SPENDING

Source:Kroll

Government stimulus funding totaling $5 trillion has unintentionally introduced new opportunities for fraud and corruption worldwide, according to the latest edition of the Kroll Global Fraud Report. The report reinforces the...[more]

June 24, 2009
Survey Finds Fewer Than 20% Trust Food Safety

Source:Media Post News

How much damage is the growing string of food contamination incidences doing to Americans' trust in food marketers?

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Commentary & Opinion

June 30, 2009
Is IBM the future of food safety and management?

Source:The Pitch - Kansas City

We've heard a lot of debate about free markets in this country lately. And while we're likely to be saturated with government-vs.-market arguments about health-care reform, IBM is quietly starting another free market battle of...

June 29, 2009
The Eyeshade Smelled Trouble

Source:GRETCHEN MORGENSON, NY Times

WHEN it comes to corporate America, critics and skeptics are about as welcome as skunks at a pool party. And when companies try to silence dissenters, shareholders are often imperiled.

June 26, 2009
The Failures of Third-Party Food Safety Audits

Source:Food Poison Journal

If everyone who takes a test is getting an A, how hard can the test be? This is the question that occurred to me yesterday watching a fine presentation by Dr. Paul A. Hall, Ph.D. Dr. Hall was the speaker who presented...

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Special Focus

Video Interview - October 2007 - Cablevision System - New York

Governance & Accountability Chairman, Hank Boerner interviewed by host Dr. Harvey Passes - Comments on emergency preparedness, protecting your home and family, business and other topics and concerns.

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 The "Wei Ji" -- The Chinese pictograph (word) for crisis and opportunity.  It's often up to you which term should apply!

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