Workplace Flashcards

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How to conduct vulnerability analysis

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Determine the likelihood of potential hazards and their effect on the business

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Corporate citizenship

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The belief that corporations have an obligation to be good citizens and to do no harm to the stakeholders and communities where they operate

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After-action review (AAR)

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After an event has occurred, reviewing the actions taken, what worked or didn’t work, and what needs to be refined

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Emergency response plan

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Written response that trains employees on what to do in the event of a workplace emergency (natural disaster, violence, fire, etc)

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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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Employment practice that manages employee health and safety, business continuity, financial exposure, supply chain, and confidentiality

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Single loss expectancy

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Formula used to calculate the cost of a single occurrence of risk

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7
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What elements should emergency response plans include?

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  • practiced evacuations
  • reserved resources to preserve organizational function
  • a plan that seeks to minimize property damage
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8
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What are the four different responses to risk?

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  • reduce (mitigate)
  • share (transfer)
  • avoid (eliminate)
  • accept (retention)
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Corporate Social Responsibility

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The concept that organizations have a role to play in resolving the social, economic, and environmental issues of today’s world

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10
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Global mindset

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The ability to have an international perspective, inclusive of other cultures’ views

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Global mobility

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The ability of an MNE to move its employees around the world

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12
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Multinational Enterprise (MNE)

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Business with operations in more than one country

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Turnkey operation

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When a company purchases an existing business and takes over the operations

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14
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Corporate Governance

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Risk management practice that focuses on compliance with business law

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15
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Shareholders

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Individuals who own stock shares in the corporation

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16
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Annualized loss expectancy

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The anticipated monetary loss every time a Risk occurs over a one year period

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17
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Business continuity plan

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Plan that focuses on keeping critical operations running in the event of an emergency

18
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Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)

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Coverage for defense costs and damages related to employment-related claims

19
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Mitigation

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Reducing the exposure or impact of risk without eliminating it entirely (ex: installing security cameras)

20
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Recordable injuries/diseases

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Any work-related incidents that result in modified duty or time away from work

21
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Difference between Push and Pull factors for globalization

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Push is in response to changes in the business environment
Pull is motivated by desire to achieve greater value

22
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Push Factors

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Need for new markets
Increased cost + competition
Natural resources + talent supply
Government policies
Globalized supply chain

23
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Pull factors

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Gain more strategic control
New Trade agreements
Increase foreign investment

24
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Greenfield operation

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Building a new facility for use

25
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Brownfield operation

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Existing building is purchased and developed for use

26
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Ethnocentric orientation

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Ethno = common origin
Home-country workers fill host-country roles

27
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Polycentric orientation

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Subsidiaries work independently from their headquarters and reflect the culture of their location

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Regiocentric orientation

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Subsidiaries are grouped into regions (Europe, North America)

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Geocentric orientation

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Headquarters and subsidiaries work as a team across borders
Employees are hired regardless of nationality or location

30
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Adverse Impact Calculation

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The minority group selection rate must not be less than 80 percent of the selection rate of the majority group

31
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Prevailing wage

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Combination of the basic hourly rate and any fringe benefits that are listed in the wage determination

32
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Risk management

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The identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks, and the application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and impact of those risks

33
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Risk scorecard

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individual assessments of various risk characteristics (ex, frequency of risk, degree of impact)

34
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Risk matrix

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Measures the probability of a safety event and the severity of impact on the organization

35
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Risk register

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Identifies and assigns ownership of risk exposure in chronological increments

36
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Closed shop

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Union security clause that requires employees to join a union as a condition of employment (illegal)

37
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Union shop

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Union security clause that requires employees to join a union after 30 days (legal)

38
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Featherbedding

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Employers are required to pay for work/workers that are unnecessary or redundant (illegal)

39
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Secondary boycott

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Union disputing with Employer A will pressure Employer B to stop doing business with Employer A (illegal)

40
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Risk is the _____ of loss; exposure is the ____ of loss

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Probability, possibility

41
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Risk equation

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(Probability of risk) x (magnitude of impact)