Books in the Short Guides to Business Risk series

Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets--but at the same time, it can bring opportunities for some businesses. With chapters on the nature, science and politics of climate change risk, as well as how to assess, then how to cope with it.

Savvy managers use contracts proactively to reach their business goals and minimize their risks. To succeed, these managers need a plan/framework and A Short Guide to Contract Risk provides this. It introduces the notion of contract literacy: a set of skills relevant for all who deal with contracts in their business environment.

Risk appetite is a hot topic, driven both by corporate governance requirements and senior managers' need to make risk-based decisions. But despite the high level of interest, there is no consensus on what risk appetite is, how it should be expressed or measured, or how it can be practically used in business or projects.

Provides you with a basic yet comprehensive overview of the nature of operational risk in organizations. This book introduces operational risk as a component of enterprise wide risk management and takes the reader through the processes of identifying, assessing, quantifying and managing operational risk.

Managing Customs risk is often seen as a cost centre but it is also a source of competitive advantage. A sound Customs management can reduce or remove Customs duties, generate savings, and generally improve cash flow using the many Customs procedures available to the compliant trader. This guide helps you to make informed decisions.

Offers a business-centric introduction to political risk that familiarizes international managers with the concept and accelerate the learning curve towards proficient and coherent political risk management. This title explores the key political risks that companies have faced, and various trends in the evolution of the political risk landscape.

Analyses the concepts, theories, and issues associated with the implementation in organisations and the service environment of an Equality, Diversity, and Discrimination (EDD) Agenda. This title also analyses components of an EDD Agenda: equality, diversity, opportunity, and discrimination.

Providing an overview of the theories of ethics that bear on the business world, this guide explains the human behaviour that gives rise to fraud and corruption in terms of a 'fraud triangle theory' according to which unethical behaviours happen when three risk components - psychological pressure, opportunity and rationalisation - are present.

The Global Risk surveys have pinpointed Supply Chain Vulnerability as one of the four key global risks. When done well, a risk-aware procurement process provides the bonus of competitive advantage, with the ability to capitalise, on the occurrence of unexpected events. This title explains how to do it. It offers guidance on the risk prevention.

There are all sorts of problems associated with reputation risk. Using a number of simple models, this title explains reputation risk. It differentiates it from other forms of risk. It provides a series of tools for identifying and managing reputation risk. It helps you assign responsibility for reputation risk in your management structure.