Category: crisis
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Time for crisis teams to test their plans – again
War in the Middle East: companies must thoroughly review their crisis and contingency plans and undertake exercises on a range of scenarios to test readiness.
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CBI in crisis – a governance failure – and why members shouldn’t walk away
As the CBI apparently nears meltdown, the Board must learn the lessons of this governance failure. And members should think twice about walking away as they consider their own corporate responsibility.
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Eye of the storm for Facebook
Normally companies have the chance of dealing with one or two major crises at the same time. But this wasn’t a luxury afforded to Facebook’s VP of Policy Solutions, Lord Allen, when he appeared in front of a committee of lawmakers from nine countries this morning at the UK Parliament in London. Mark Zuckerberg was repeatedly…
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Mega risks and disasters – a resilient company will get back on track faster
Businesses are increasingly expected to prepare for, and manage the effects of major disasters and they play an integral role in disaster risk mitigation and recovery. We produced a blog for 6-Group on what businesses should be doing to ensure they are resilient and therefore become partners of choice for their customers if disaster strikes. Photo,…
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Oxfam – work begins on ensuring a permanent fix for the aid sector
Since allegations emerged of aid workers participating in sex parties in disaster-stricken Haiti, Oxfam has been fighting a rear-guard action. It’s looked like an organization that was wrong-footed from the outset, never regained the initiative and is struggling to use its undoubtedly noble values as a defence for the defenceless. This is doubly ironic,…
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