Includes index.

Using risk tolerance statements to embed operational and strategic risk management in the business -- Back to basics : getting enterprise risk management right in turbulent times -- Scenario-building techniques for improved risk management -- Standardizing risk management : business enabler or the risk manager's straitjacket? -- Corporate responsibility : a risk management tool -- Political risk -- Risk management in emerging technology areas : nanoparticles : a test case -- Taking a holistic approach to risk management and insurance -- The dangers of ignoring environmental liabilities -- Health and safety compliance -- The role of professional indemnity insurance in managing business risk -- Brand and reputation management: how the law of defamation can help -- Software escrow : an effective tool for managing risk and new business opportunities -- Corporate manslaughter: the new landscape -- Conducting internal investigations -- Risky patents -- Managing through the downturn : intellectual property optimization -- Securing.