by French Caldwell | November 17, 2011 | Comments Off
The events today are an inflection point in social e-governance. In my presentations on the Six Critical Uncertainties, I’ve said for years that social e-governance is the most pressing IT-led issue of our time. The political process is meant to resolve or at least manage public policy issues, but due to the rapid adoption of [...]
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by French Caldwell | November 2, 2011 | Comments Off
Many risk managers are still in a situation where they’d like to be able to contribute strategically, but they find themselves in the position of spending a lot of time still reacting to events. The upcoming annual meeting season is an opportunity for risk managers to show that they can be more than just the [...]
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Category: Risk Management Strategic Planning compliance public policy Tags: ERM, reputational risk
by French Caldwell | October 11, 2011 | Comments Off
One characteristic of American recessions is an increase in innovation. People who are laid off start new businesses that challenge the market positions of their former employers with innovative offerings. Some of these new entrepreneurs will grow their businesses and go on to create new jobs for others. We all know people who’ve been in [...]
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by French Caldwell | September 27, 2011 | Comments Off
Headlining today’s Financial Times is a proposed European Commission rule to prohibit the Big Four audit firms from doing consulting work. The idea is that consulting and other advisory work that a Big Four firm would do for your company could compromise the independence of the statutory audits — leading to less transparency for investors. [...]
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by French Caldwell | March 31, 2011 | Comments Off
Shortly the Federal Trade Commission will publish in the Federal Register a proposed consent order as part of a settlement with Google with respect to privacy audits. The consent order comes about because of Google violating its own Gmail privacy policies when it launched Google Buzz. According to the FTC press release: The proposed settlement [...]
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Category: compliance public policy Tags: compliance, Privacy, Public Policy
