In today’s world, the main driver of corporate risk is extreme stakeholder outrage. This can manifest itself in a number of forms, and focus on a range of issues from discrimination, gender inequality, sexual harassment, corruption, environmental contamination, privacy breaches and crime, as well as polarisation and politicisation.
Social networks provide an unparalleled environment and channel for this outrage to be expressed and go viral or for any incident or issue to gain unprecedented levels of recognition and thus grow to epic proportions.
Caroline Sapriel answers questions on corporate risk and leadership in crisis management, in an exclusive interview.
Where does an ‘inside attack’ rank in terms of risk to a large corporation? What role should leaders…
