Goverance & Reputation

Corporate governance scandals and accounting failures have rightly led regulators and shareholders to seek additional assurance and transparency around the value preservation role that Boards must play in safeguarding the assets of an enterprise. Legislation governing the duties directors owe to their companies abounds, not least the Companies Act 2006, due to come into force in 2008, and compliance with the relevant provisions of the UK Combined Code.

Similarly, there is increasing emphasis on corporate responsibility and how to effectively manage the risks to which a company is exposed. These encompass strategic risks, systems / operational risks, regulatory risks, legal and compliance risks, market risks and reputational risks. The latter is often seen as being the most important risk, as even a comparatively small event can have a significant impact on a company's reputation and be seen as having fundamental importance by various stakeholder groups.

Corporate Governance & Reputation Management in action

Investor Dynamics offers a suite of information, research and project management services that proactively support compliance with Director’s and Non-Executive director responsibilities under the UK Combined Code, assist in the management of reputational risks and ensure probity, namely:

• Director’s NewsBrief - holistic and independent data relevant to the key reputation drivers of the organisation and its peers
• Time critical and objective information on planned company announcements and in crisis situations through our 24/7 NewsDesk service
• Media Security Audits - early warning indicators of where your reputation might be under attack, for example blogs
• MediaDashboard, our real-time market intelligence tool
• Reputation benchmarking and specialist research for stakeholder engagement programmes