The ORC model
This article provides organisations with a model from which to build a comprehensive obligations register.
Governance
The Obligation Hierarchy
A bias-free framework for prioritising and categorising obligations for any sized organisation in any industry.
The term ‘non-financial risk’ (NFR) should be banned
James Frost makes some excellent points in ‘The rise and rise of the risk officers’, that CROs are responsible for a vast range of risks and that CROs need a much wider and diverse set of skills. There are, however, two main areas where I disagree and both are caused by the damaging term, ‘non-financial …
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GORC – New and improved GRC with added O
To improve total compliance assurance, the widely used
industry acronym GRC needs to be challenged and updated
by adding O, for obligations.
The four stages of compliance
Based on anecdotal evidence from talking to multiple prospects and clients we have come across four compliance types.
Operational GRC: Naming a dangerous, many headed beast
The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of non-financial risks by coining the term ‘operational [governance, risk and compliance] GRC’ (OpGRC) to elevate it to the same level of awareness and attention as financial GRC.
Risk Matrix
We’ve just made the Strytex platform even more powerful. We’ve added a risk matrix so you can prioritise all your assurance certificates by risk!
Compliance administration is a three-legged stool and if it breaks, it can destroy your business
Compliance administration is a three legged stool and when it breaks, it can be a very painful experience.
A Decision Tree for SWMS, JSAs and SWPs
Rather than just griping, I’ve put together a decision tree that may provide some help for when to use a SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement) and when to use a JSA (Job Safety Analysis) or a SWP (Safe Work Practice).
Can we please get SWMS, JSAs, SWPs etc under control?
Websites selling template Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) for activities like carpet cleaning, hand tools etc. drive me crazy, it’s just wrong.
