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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

For example, if people are poor and their lives are generally precarious, they cannot be made resilient against disasters such as floods and earthquakes unless the problem of vulnerability to life's exigencies in general is reduced. Its antidotes are thought, reasoning, action, activism, and the application of ethics and morality.

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IRM, ERM, and GRC: Is There a Difference?

Reciprocity

For example, retail is now “e-tail,” manufacturing plants are increasingly automated, and nearly every step of the hiring and contracting process happens online, from application to background checks to payroll. 2002-2007): Financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance, and their related IT controls.