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This blog carries a series of posts and articles, mostly written by Anthony Fitzsimmons under the aegis of Reputability LLP, a business that is no longer trading as such. Anthony is a thought leader in reputational risk and its root causes, behavioural, organisational and leadership risk. His book 'Rethinking Reputational Risk' was widely acclaimed. Led by Anthony, Reputability helped business leaders to find, understand and deal with these widespread but hidden risks that regularly cause reputational disasters. You can contact Anthony via the contact form.

Monday 4 August 2014

Reporting on Important Risks - Guidance for Chairmen and Boards

The Financial Reporting Council's latest guidance on the reporting of important risks has now been published.  In a nutshell, boards are required to report 'principal risks' that have their origins in 'behaviour or organisation', what we call behavioural and organisational risks.  This new recommendation effectively recognises our conclusion, that there is a hole in the 'Three Lines of Defence' doctrine that underlies most current risk analysis and reporting.

Behavioural and organisational risks are important causes of reputational damage and of many better-recognised risks. However, boards cannot properly report on 'principal risks' until they have systematically identified and evaluated both the range of behavioural and organisational risks at work in the company and the extent to which they may give rise to principal risks including reputational hazard.

We have written about the practical implications for boards, chairmen and company secretaries, for Governance, the authoritative publication on international corporate governance.

You can find our article here.

Anthony Fitzsimmons
Reputability LLP
London

Anthony Fitzsimmons is Chairman of Reputability LLP and, with the late Derek Atkins, author of “Rethinking Reputational Risk: How to Manage the Risks that can Ruin YourBusiness, Your Reputation and You