Responses to recent corporate collapses have overlooked the importance of business ethics in managing risk

* Four indicators of business ethics and their risk management aspects are discussed

* Investors are wanting companies to disclose how they are managing the risks from
poor business ethics practices

Over the past decade, poor risk management of various kinds, for example, a lack of board independence or potentially compromised auditors, has contributed to sometimes spectacular company losses and failures. Largely absent from regulatory and (until recently) investor responses to this has been a consideration of business ethics. As the collapse of Enron demonstrated, all the correct oversight structures of an independent board and corporate governance charters cannot compensate for the lack of an ethical corporate culture.

The importance of business ethics in risk management has hovered around the edges of inquiries such as the Owen Royal Commission and the......

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Title: Business Ethics As Risk Management
Approximate Word Count: 1994
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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