Monday, July 26, 2010

Is Fraud Really a Risk?

Respondents to our new PPB Not-for-Profit Risk Survey were asked if their organisation takes into account a number of different risks, including fraud.  Where did fraud rank?

58% of organisations stated that they considered fraud was a risk to their organisation.  However, fraud ranked 7th.  The order of risks was as follows:

Financial Risk - 89%
Compliance Risk - 77%
Public Liability Risk - 71%
Human Risks - 69%
Security Risk - 65%
Project Risk - 64%
Fraud Risk - 58%
Technological Risk - 56%
Financial literacy of key staff - 46%
Natural hazard / disaster risks - 46%
Risk of Insolvency - 43%

While 58% of respondents take into account fraud as a risk, it was interesting to note that while 89% of organisations consider financial risk, just under half (43%) consider the risk of insolvency.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Lisa,
    In your opinion would the order of these risks change if we were in a different part of the economic cycle?
    Also, I would tend to think many businesses would call Financial Risk and Insolvency Risk the same thing.
    David Buley

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  2. Hi David

    I think Financial Risk may drop down the list a bit if economic conditions were better. But I think things like compliance risk and public liaibility would stay fairly high.

    I take Insolvency Risk to be the worst side of Financial Risk - but yes I do agree that it is part of Financial Risk.

    Regards
    Lisa

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