In this edition we ask council members to describe the most important corporate traits required if an organisation is to stand a fair chance of recovering from a crisis; talk to members about whether they can credibly identify and measure the reputation risk their organisations face; examine the critical issue of cyber crime; and look into the use of social media among Council members.
Cybercrime in the UK is identified as top reputational threat, but companies not seen as being on top of it. Cybercrime is a growing and evolving threat for businesses. More worryingly, across different industries it takes an average of 100 days for companies to detect a potential breach and sometimes a threat will not be identified at all, according to Gordon Morrison of Tech UK.
Ipsos in Peru has been recognised as the most attractive place to work for young Peruvians, who belong to the economically active population under the category of consulting.
Corporations have a great ability to ‘do good’ in the world – even more so than governments, given the wealth of resources and freedom they have to innovate outside of bureaucratic structures. Some would argue that, beyond an ability to do good, corporations have a responsibility to do good.
Established in 2009, the Reputation Council brings together senior communicators from some of the most respected corporations in the world. The Reputation Council’s mission is to increase understanding of the issues and challenges facing communicators in the corporate environment, as well as capturing expert views on key trends, issues and events in the wider world.
Corporations have a great ability to ‘do good’ in the world – even more so than governments, given the wealth of resources and freedom to innovate outside of bureaucratic structures. Some would argue that beyond an ability to do good, corporations have a responsibility to do good.
