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Season’s Greetings from Riskope! Voeux de Saison par Riskope! Auguri di Stagione da Riskope. Buen Fin de Año y Feliz 2015

Season’s Greetings from Riskope! Voeux de Saison par Riskope! Auguri di Stagione da Riskope. Buen Fin de Año y Feliz 2015 CLICK THE PICTURE TO VIEW THE MOVIE! This year Riskope has decided to celebrate the Year End by proposing an animated Tale of King Provvidus, Riskopius, his trustworthy advisor and ORE, his faithful method. Season’s Greetings from Riskope! Voeux de Saison par Riskope! Auguri di Stagione da Riskope. Buen Fin de Año y Feliz 2015. This communication project has taken…

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Is America Facing a Cyber Crime Epidemic?

Is America Facing a Cyber Crime Epidemic? Riskope thanks Eve Pierce for her contribution. When affordable cars were introduced to the American public in 1908, Henry Ford unknowingly brought in a new form of crime – technology assisted crime. Bank robbers became impossible to catch, speeding away from the police on horseback in their new Model T Fords. However, as usual, the authorities caught up with the criminals, and police cars by the thousands were brought in to deal with the…

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Hazmat trains travel across the country since railroads exist…what are the risks

In follow-up of this post. Hazmat trains travel across the country since railroads exist…what are the risks? Accident b1) Each year various accidents occur, limited casualties occur, they are reported in local to national media, as “minor” accidents. For example CN train hauling dangerous goods derails near Clair, Saskatchewan or the two Union Pacific locomotives hitting head on, in Hoxie, Arkansas. Accident b2) One major, catastrophic accident occurs, a vivid one with “unthinkable” consequences (Lac Megantic, for example) Hazmat trains travel across…

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Metaphoric description of risks and their perception: are they useful or just “wordplays”?

Metaphoric description of risks and their perception A couple decades ago, German researchers in the field of theoretical risk management developed a series of metaphors to describe public perception of risks. They are summarized below, with examples: Sword of Damocles has a very high disaster potential, although the probability that this potential manifests itself is theoretically extremely low. Nuclear power plants (Fukushima), large-scale chemical facilities (Bophal, Seveso), hydro-dams and meteorite impacts are typical examples. Cyclops it is only possible to…

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Consumer trust, consumer experience and risk management

Consumer trust, consumer experience and risk management A recent article by Michael Lowenstein indicates that customer trust “is the connective tissue that holds customers, brands, and enterprises together; and, without trust, these connections would quickly dissolve.” Over the last few years Riskope have spent a lot of R&D funds and efforts to study the relationship between public perception of risks, risk assessments and crises developments, coming to the same conclusions.  If trust is not built through at least: transparent and rational risk assessments,…

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A recent, accident in the Alps is a frustrating, yet empowering reminder.

Accident in the Alps is a frustrating, yet empowering reminder Riskope thanks Federico Sasso for this contribution. In our days to day practice at Riskope we are regularly confronted with what we call the “specialist syndrome” and have to tackle political resistance which often delays or hinders rational Risk and Crisis Management implementations. All that seems like a recurring theme which usually foreshadows a disaster. If you think we are being negative, go back to a post Riskope published three…

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Nude celebrity photo leak throws Apple into a crisis

Nude celebrity photo leak throws Apple into a crisis Just As Apple prepares to launch iPhone 6 the brand suffers another crisis. Here are the facts: On August 31, 2014, ~200 private pictures of various celebrities were posted to the image board website. An investigation by Apple found the photos were stolen from its iCloud service by guessing usernames, passwords and security questions. Here’s Apple’s full statement published on September 2, 2014 2:31 PM EDT: We wanted to provide an…

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Che commenti possono farsi dopo il Venerdì nero (13 giugno) della telefonia italiana che, secondo i giornali, ha colpito un Italiano su quattro, con un black out di varie ore?

Mi permetta di riprendere i punti salienti e pertinenti dell’intervista che ho rilasciato il 6 giugno a Torino e commentarli. Nell’intervista parlavo delle conseguenze sociali ed indirette degli scenari potenziali che devono essere studiate e valutate fino in fondo, le soluzioni sursemplificate e pressapochiste dei decenni passati non essendo più accettabili per il pubblico . Nel caso di venerdì 13/06 si parla già di “maxi risarcimenti”, class actions, interventi dell’Antitrust quindi esattamente dei fenomeni a cui alludevo. La valutazione delle conseguenze…

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