by French Caldwell | October 31, 2012 | 2 Comments
I expect to hear a lot of stories about social technology keeping people connected in the aftermath of Sandy — just as after Katrina. However, I am also expecting these stories to take a twist — we will hear about how neighbors organized self-relief efforts using social media. Social media has been playing a part [...]
Category: public policy Risk Management Social Technology Tags: crisis management, disaster, Public Policy, social
by French Caldwell | October 12, 2012 | Comments Off
In the last week I’ve had two calls with companies deciding how to respond to the cybersecurity letter that Sen. Rockefeller sent to the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. The deadline to respond is 19 October. CEOs are not required to respond, and with the demise of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, it’s tempting not [...]
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Category: Cybersecurity public policy Risk Management Tags: cybersecurity, Public Policy, Risk Management
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
by French Caldwell | February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
Arguably if you are an authoritarian leader who is threatened to be deposed, you view social media that your opponents use to organize protests as a threat. On the other hand, if your supporters can use it to organize counter-protests, then you might see it as an opportunity — perhaps this explains why Egyptians saw [...]
Category: Risk Management Tags: governance, Public Policy, reputational risk, Risk Management, strategy, Systemic Risk
by French Caldwell | January 21, 2011 | Comments Off
In the drugstore the other day, my wife was searching for Tylenol Cold and Flu. She insists that’s the only thing that works when she has a cold and with the onset of winter she wanted to make sure the medicine cabinet was stocked. We searched and searched, but where almost any Tylenol product was [...]
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Category: Risk Management Strategic Planning Tags: crisis management, Public Policy, reputational risk, Risk Management
by French Caldwell | January 13, 2010 | 9 Comments
So how about that Google — they’ve finally come back to their core principle: Do No Evil. Not so fast, though. With both Google and China, what’s on the surface is not what’s really happening. So, some speculation on Google’s new approach to China — and remember this is just purely personal speculation — and [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Public Policy, reputational risk
by French Caldwell | January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
In the heyday that preceded the crash, banks did not take the public sentiment about huge bonuses seriously, but what’s surprising is that since the crash they haven’t figured out a way to reward risk takers without risking their reputations. When the gap between public expectations of corporate behavior, and the actions taken by corporations [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Financial Regulations, Public Policy, reputational risk, Systemic Risk
by French Caldwell | March 11, 2009 | 3 Comments
Yesterday, in a speech before the Council of Foreign Relations, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke used “systemic” or “systemically” 35 times! When talking about systemic risks he referred to risks that affect the financial system and financial markets broadly; he also used systemic to refer to institutions whose sole failure due to their size [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Public Policy, Risk Management
