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301 Key Terms
Risk
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Acceptance | A risk-response strategy that involves accepting a risk's consequences because the potential payoff is higher than the losses; also known as risk retention or assumption |
Audit Report | A document that describes the accuracy and appropriateness of a business's information, processes, and/or systems |
Avoidance | A risk-response strategy that involves choosing not to do something that is considered risky |
Brand Erosion | The deterioration or destruction of a corporate or product brand |
Chief Risk Officer | An executive response for a business's risk-management activities, which include the planning, controlling, preventing, and limiting of a business losses and enhancing possibilities for gain |
Contingency Plan | Specific guidelines and activities used when responding to undesirable circumstances; an alternative course of action |
Credit Downgrade | The reduction of a business's credit rating or measure of relative credit risk; usually accompanied by an increase in expenses and a decrease in creditworthiness |
Environmental Scan | A three-step process in which businesses gather information about their surroundings, analyze that information, and determine the future impact of that information |
Exchange Rate | The price of value at which one currency can be converted to another |
Fallback Plan | Guidelines explaining what to do and how to recover if a contingency plan fails |
Financial Risks | Possible events and situations that directly impact a company's cash flow |
Hazard Risks | Potential events and situations that can cause injury or harm to people, property, or the environment |
Impact | The effect or influence of an event |
Incident Log | A record of accidents, injuries, and other mishaps occurring at a particularly business or in a certain department |
Mitigation | A risk-response strategy that involves reducing or controlling the impact of a risk if it occurs |
Operational Risks | Possible events and situations resulting from employee actions, core processes, and daily business activities |
Proactive | Adapting to the environment in advance or the occurrence of events; taking advantage of opportunities rather than reacting to problems |
Probability | The likelihood that an event will occur |
Prospective Risks | Risks that have not happened before but could occur in the future |
Pure Risk | A risk that carries the possibility of loss or no loss |
Reactive | Hesitant to take action; passive; waiting for changes to occur before acting |
Retroactive Risks | Risks that have previously occurred |
Risk | The possibility of loss (failure) or gain (success) |
Risk-averse | Avoiding risk whenever possible |
Risk Checklist | A standardized list of risks that a business faces on a regular basis; used to speed up the risk-identification process |
Risk Identification | A risk-management process that involves recognizing risks that could impact a business's objectives and activities |
Risk Impact/Probability Chart | A framework used to determine the severity of risks if they occur; used by risk managers to prioritize risks |
Risk Management | A risk-management process that involves the planning, controlling, preventing, and limiting of a business losses and enhancing possibilities of gain |
Risk Measurement | A risk-management process that involves determining the potential severity of different risks |
Risk Monitoring and Control | A risk-management process that involves determining the effectiveness of current risk-response strategies and tools, tracking existing risks, monitoring new risks, and developing responses and workarounds for previously unidentified risks |
Risk Register | A record or listing of risks that could potentially impact a business or project |
Risk Response | A risk-management process that involves selecting the most effective ways to handle different risks |
Risk-Seeking | Looking for ways to turn risk into a strategic advantage and/or capital |
Risk-Tolerant | Accepting risk when necessary, but not seeking risk |
Speculative Risk | A risk that may result in loss, no change, or gain |
Strategic Risks | Possible events and situations that can affect the execution of an organization's long-term plans |
Transference | A risk-response strategy that involves moving the impact of a risk to someone or something else |