Risks, Reputations, and Rewards


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Risks, Reputations, and Rewards looks at a variety of interrelated questions about contingency fee legal practice: What is the nature of the contingency fees that lawyers charge? How do lawyers get and screen potential cases? How do contingency fee lawyers interact with their clients and opponents? What is involved in settling these cases? What types of returns do contingency fee cases produce? And what role does reputation play in contingency fee practice? The author argues that to be successful, contingency fee lawyers must generate a portfolio of cases, similar to an investment portfolio with its associated risk. This has a significant impact on how contingency fee lawyers obtain and select cases, manage their work, and deal with the pressures that arise in settling cases. More important, understanding the work of contingency fee lawyers in terms of an ongoing practice rather than in terms of individual cases mitigates some of the significant conflicts that may exist between lawyers and clients.




Risks, Reputations, and Rewards


Book Description

Risks, Reputations, and Rewards looks at a variety of interrelated questions about contingency fee legal practice: What is the nature of the contingency fees that lawyers charge? How do lawyers get and screen potential cases? How do contingency fee lawyers interact with their clients and opponents? What is involved in settling these cases? What types of returns do contingency fee cases produce? And what role does reputation play in contingency fee practice? The author argues that to be successful, contingency fee lawyers must generate a portfolio of cases, similar to an investment portfolio with its associated risk. This has a significant impact on how contingency fee lawyers obtain and select cases, manage their work, and deal with the pressures that arise in settling cases. More important, understanding the work of contingency fee lawyers in terms of an ongoing practice rather than in terms of individual cases mitigates some of the significant conflicts that may exist between lawyers and clients.




A Short Guide to Reputation Risk


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Does your organization have a good or bad reputation, and who takes responsibility for it? Whether viewed as an intangible asset or potential liability, damage to reputation can be costly. In the private sector loss of investor confidence can dent corporate value; in the public sector loss of public trust can lead to political change. How can anyone protect reputation from damage?




Communicating Risks and Benefits


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Effective risk communication is essential to the well-being of any organization and those people who depend on it. Ineffective communication can cost lives, money and reputations. Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User’s Guide provides the scientific foundations for effective communications. The book authoritatively summarizes the relevant research, draws out its implications for communication design, and provides practical ways to evaluate and improve communications for any decision involving risks and benefits. Topics include the communication of quantitative information and warnings, the roles of emotion and the news media, the effects of age and literacy, and tests of how well communications meet the organization’s goals. The guide will help users in any organization, with any budget, to make the science of their communications as sound as the science that they are communicating.




The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation


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The Vulnerability of Corporate Reputation explores the role that reputation plays in the success and failures of companies. This book focuses on the traditional topic of reputation risk management, the process of reputation, reputational excellence and examines leaders whose reputation and foresight could benefit the organization they steer.




CIMA - P3 Risk Management


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BPP Learning Media provides the widest range of study materials of any CIMA publisher. Our comprehensive printed materials highlight the areas to focus on for your exams, and our e-Learning products complement the syllabus to improve your understanding.




Superintelligence: AI Risks and Benefits


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Artificial intelligence (AI) stands at a pivotal crossroads, heralding advancements that promise to reshape societies and economies in profound ways. At the heart of this technological evolution lies the concept of superintelligence—a theoretical state where AI surpasses human intelligence across all domains. In ‘Superintelligence: AI Risks and Benefits’, this eBook offers a comprehensive exploration of this groundbreaking frontier, diving into its potential, risks, and the multifaceted discourse surrounding its development. With insights from leading experts in AI ethics, governance, and research, this eBook delves into the intricate details of superintelligence. Readers will discover an in-depth analysis of its definitions, the transformative benefits it could bring, and the ethical considerations that come with it. The book addresses the profound challenges and regulatory hurdles associated with managing such powerful technology while emphasizing the importance of responsible development. Through a multidisciplinary approach, ‘Superintelligence: AI Risks and Benefits’ brings together perspectives from AI researchers, philosophers, ethicists, policymakers, and global stakeholders. The discussions highlight both the remarkable possibilities that superintelligence might unlock—such as accelerated scientific breakthroughs and solutions to global issues—as well as the significant risks, including ethical dilemmas, societal disruptions, and existential threats. The eBook underscores the critical role of ethical frameworks, safety protocols, and international collaboration in shaping a future where AI enhances human well-being while mitigating potential harms. The United Nations’ perspective on AI’s role in advancing sustainable development goals further contextualizes the urgency of addressing AI's societal impacts and ensuring its equitable benefits. Join us on this enlightening journey into the realm of superintelligence, where we embrace the opportunities it presents and remain vigilant to the challenges ahead. May this eBook serve as a beacon for informed decision-making and a catalyst for meaningful discussions in the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence.




Reputation Analytics


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A scientific approach to corporate reputation from the field’s leading scholar. Public opinion is a core factor of any organization’s success—and sometimes its failings. Whether through crisis, mismanagement, or sudden shifts in public sensibility, an organization can run afoul in the span of a Tweet. In Reputation Analytics, Daniel Diermeier offers the first rigorous analytical framework for understanding and managing corporate reputation and public perception. Drawing on his expertise as a political scientist and management scholar, Diermeier incorporates lessons from game theory, psychology, and text analytics to create a methodology that has immediate application in both scholarship and practice. A milestone work from one of social science’s most eminent scholars, Reputation Analytics unveils an advanced understanding of an elusive topic, resulting in an essential guide for academics and readers across industries.




The Political Economy of Bank Regulation in Developing Countries: Risk and Reputation


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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. International banking standards are intended for the regulation of large, complex, risk-taking international banks with trillions of dollars in assets and operations across the globe. Yet they are being implemented in countries with nascent financial markets and small banks that have yet to venture into international markets. Why is this? The Political Economy of Bank Regulation in Developing Countries: Risk and Reputation explores the politics of banking regulation in eleven countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It shows how financial globalization generates strong reputational and competitive incentives for developing countries to converge on international standards. Politicians, regulators, and large banks in developing countries implement international standards to attract international investment, bolster their professional standing, and further integrate their countries into global finance. Convergence is not inevitable or uniform: implementation is often contested and regulators adapt international standards to the local context. This book contributes to our understanding of the ways in which governments and firms in the core of global finance powerfully shape regulatory decisions in the periphery, and the ways that governments and firms from peripheral developing countries manoeuvre within the constraints and opportunities created by financial globalization.




The Fantods of Risk


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The Fantods of Risk is a collection of essays from the pages of Risk Management Reports, which the author edited, wrote and published from 1974 through 2007, plus several other published articles. The subject is risk management, a discipline for dealing with uncertainty in our personal and organizational lives. They continue the author’s contrary and challenging approach to managing risk, first started in Risk Management Reports and later in Mumpsimus Revisited, published in 2005.