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Pressures Mount For The Right Governance, Risk and Compliance Programs
June 1, 2011

For boards and senior management, the pressure is intensifying to better manage risk governance. Since the financial crisis shareholders have filed scores of lawsuits against boards of directors and Csuite management claiming that they failed to protect corporate assets and properly manage risks.

Meanwhile, organizations such as the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Business Roundtable are stressing the role of risk oversight at the board level. At the same time, government agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Sentencing Commission are putting in place new obligations for implementing and reporting risk oversight functions, as well as creating incentives for compliance.

By looking at the legal and regulatory environment related to corporate risk management, Boards and management will easily see that getting Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) right is critical. However, companies that develop a holistic GRC model will realize that there are benefits to the organization beyond simple compliance.

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