Corporate Risk Keeps the World Spinning
isk is a part of life: fact. Without risks there would be no need to plan and organize corporate strategy and the sectors would fuse into one. Luckily that is not how corporations function. In the world of business, risks are made every day, from employing staff with the intention to make sales; to buying large quantities of stock. But just because businesses have to deal with risks, it doesn’t mean that they have to be at the mercy of them. By having a clear idea of what corporate risk is able to avoid huge repercussions from risks they take. There are three main categories of corporate risk: physical risk, which entails the potential destruction of buildings and other physical assets. Then there is intellectual risk, which entails the potential exploitation of a company’s product and/or brand and finally financial risk, which entails the potential loss of value in a corporation’s portfolio.
It is important that a corporation minimizes its corporate risk in all of these areas.
An often overlooked areas involving corporate risk is the physical aspect. By having a physical location, all corporations are at the mercy of ‘Mother Nature’ as well as ‘governmental nature’, (from changing laws). Make sure you take our insurance policies to protect against natural disasters, such as hurricanes, that are common in your area. In finding out what my affect you, you can think of the possible effects and protect against them, thus reducing the risk. This issue only applies to those that have companies in such industries that are either snow resort related, such as Tokyo etc. Businesses in the UK rarely have to worry. However, the changes that the government, but also the EU makes can have a big influence, for example it is possible that laws on contracts can be made to stop the limited liability clause. This may seem far-fetched, but such things have happened before with the removal of the death clause.
Another aspect of corporate risk that needs to be kept in mind is called intellectual risk. When any company makes an innovative product, there will always be other individuals or businesses that want to profit from that innovation. Normally this would not be a bad thing, as long as the original innovator receives payment for their idea. Unfortunately this is not always the case. By applying for the proper patents to protect a company’s innovations, and applying for copyrights for a company’s brand name, a company can effectively protect its efforts. Without such protection, any company will be at the mercy of rogue replicators and copycats. Read more
Make Your Business Greener
Cost cutting goes hand in hand with energy efficiency; quite simply the more energy you save the more money you save, both at home and in the workplace. Even relatively small organisations can save a significant amount by implementing energy conservation practices and with more of a focus than ever on environmental issues your eco-friendly efforts could help to improve both public and employee relations.
Something you can do to save energy and money at home and in the office is simply to turn your refrigerator down a few notches. Refrigerators account for about 20% of household electricity use and waste electricity if not used properly.
The ideal refrigerator temperature is anywhere between 0-5 C so you can experiment to see what works for you. Many modern fridges come with an energy saving mode so use this if possible.
If you are lucky enough to have a dishwasher at work then try to ensure it is fully loaded before pushing the ‘on’ button. Again, there may well be an energy saving setting so use this if available. The drying cycle accounts for about 20% of your dishwasher’s total electricity use so let those dishes air dry and do your bit for the environment. Read more
Sustainability Reporting
ustainable development implies development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Role of Business in Sustainable Development
The business and industry sector has a significant role in promoting sustainable development.
Business must make money; and staying in business and prospering is a fundamental value of any for-profit enterprise. At the same time, business is required to take into account the interests of all stakeholders that include customers, employees, investors, vendors, government and the society.
The late 1990s and early 2000s were turbulent periods for the global investment community, with vast amount of shareholder wealth being created and destroyed. Both the institutional and retail investors have learnt some painful lessons, re-examined their assumptions about what constitute tangible and intangible value, and broadened their scope to consider characteristics that could lead to long term financial success.
One area of corporate performance that has begun to capture the attention of investment professionals is sustainable development:a set of responsibilities that contributes directly to an organisation’s risk management profile and is sometimes also linked with corporate responsibility. Read more
Mail Franking Machines and the Environment
When looking at which franking machine to purchase make sure they are manufactured with concern for the environment both during, and after, their working life. In setting its own environmental emission objectives and targets via its management system the franking machine supplier ensures that any emissions waste or usage of natural resources are controlled, monitored and reviewed so as to ensure that it continues to improve its environmental performance wherever there is the potential to do so.
Environmental policies within the workplace are becoming quite common with either in house environmental objectives or accreditations such as ISO14001 environmental management standards.
A mail franking machine protect the environment by actively:
• Checking that all machines manufactured since June 1st 2006 are RoHs compliant
• Reducing pollution by recycling and minimising landfill
• Using recyclable packaging wherever possible
• Using incoming delivery boxes to ship goods out wherever possible
• Remanufacturing machines and parts to very high standards, reducing the amount sent to landfill
• Encouraging staff to be energy efficient Read more
Business Best Practice: The Corporate Conscience
Today’s consumers are growing increasingly savvy when it comes to issues surrounding the environment and more and more shoppers are choosing to support businesses that make an effort to remedy social injustices and environmental issues.
The growing use of the internet makes it easier for consumers to become more informed about businesses and the impact of their operations and as a result consumers are increasingly shopping with their conscience.
The rising popularity of organic, local, Fair Trade, and eco-friendly goods is a fine example of this and if businesses are to win the hearts of both consumers and staff then a realisation that their actions have ethical, social, and environmental consequences is essential. Read more
Government Regulation: Executive Compensation
How much is too much? This is a question typically vocalized after the annoying friend of a friend cracks one too many racy jokes, or after you eat 5 too many slices of pizza attempting to get your money’s worth at an overpriced buffet. We have all experienced these situations, and have all experienced the affects of these situations, whether it is a feeling of discomfort or embarrassment, or both. Everyone has limits. If we didn’t, our culture as a whole would be tortured under the wrath of anarchy and uncontrollable debauchery. With the aforementioned logic, why are limits completely disregarded in terms of executive salaries and bonuses? I’ll take you inside the numbers, discuss reasons of how this could affect our lives, and offer a solution to this irrational problem.
According to the United States Department of Labor, the average salary of a United States citizen in 2008 was 42,720 dollars. In the same study, chief executives earned an annual mean of 160,440 dollars. To the naive and unsuspecting eye, the gap between executive salaries and the average citizen’s earnings seems reasonable and respectable; However, these statistics take into consideration all of the CEOs and executives in the United States, including the owners of your typical “mom and pop” shops. Logically, small business owners earn less net income since their enterprise receives lower profits, which in return lowers the average salary of executives. I point this out because although the average salary is important, it’s not really at the center of the debate. More importantly, the emphasis of the debate should be focused on the top corporations of America, since these executives earned an average of 10.4 million dollars. As a specific example, Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, earned 16.7 million dollars in 2008. Furthermore, according to Jerry Goldberg, an individual who calculates the salaries and bonuses of the CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies, Rex Tillerson is expected to earn 22.4 million dollars in 2009. Is there any way someone can rationalize a 5.7 million dollar increase in salary in an economy like this?
You may ask how does this really affect me? I’ll break it down simply in terms of the Exxon Mobil example. Rex Tillerson is expected to earn 22.4 million dollars this year, which directly comes from the profits the company earned in the current fiscal period. Profits are maximized by the increasing prices of crude oil, which are spurred on by speculators raising the price of the oil. The higher the profits, the more money the executive can receive in a salary or a bonus. We all personally understand that the money for gas is coming directly out of our pockets leaving us with less money for other important cash-demanding expenses. This is to say that executives at Exxon Mobil are capitalizing from increasing prices of crude oil. In essence, they are given the opportunity to get richer, while the average earners in the United States are getting poorer. Another way executive compensation is affecting the average American is through stock dividends. Simply put, if executives accept less in salary and bonuses, there would be more net income to distribute to stockholders. Read more
5 Top Tips for Choosing A Nursing Agency
Sadly, there are too many stories circulating these days of rogue ursing agencies who provide poor (or even no) service while ripping people off. Thats not to say that there aren’t very good and reputable business out there providing a valuable service.
1. Can you locate the nursing agency on the web?
You can pretty much guarantee that a reputable agency will have a good website setup.There are several things that you can use to determine how reputable and professional an agency is when looking at their website.
2. Are they affiliated with a recognised professional body? Nursing agencies, just like teachers and lawyers, have professional membership bodies, of which the best ones will be members. As a customer, you will be fully protected by dealing with an agency who is a member of such an association. Its always worth checking that they belong to a professional body or association. Read more
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Mlm marketing is, in essence, the basic idea is for a sales people to recruit more sales people. This is great to those who own the company and supply the products, especially since the sales persons in mlms are also customers. And it is strange why a sales person would think it is to his or her advantage to increase the number of competing sales persons. This is not to say there is no benefit to mlm membership.
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Got A Nursing Shortage; Why a nursing agency should be your first point of contact
The last 10 years has seen a dramatic shortage of well qualified nursing staff. Many sectors of the healthcare industry ranging from hospitals to care homes have felt the effect of these shortages. A growing number of cases have been reported which can be directly attributed to undervalued and overworked nursing staff. Most people would now agree that nurses are under more pressure than ever before.Such levels of stress and aggravation are causing increasing numbers of valuable staff to leave this profession.
There are many reasons for these nursing shortages. Its obvious that one of the problems lies with the relatively small number of people who graduate in nursing every year.The problem is worsened by the larger number of nursing staff who are reaching the age of retirement.Its becoming harder to find well qualified, suitably vetted and available staff to fill the vacant positions. Read more
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