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and Giudici., 2004). Organizations shall focus on the risk
         management professional and security consultants to secure
         themselves from any risk that arises from destabilized law
         and order situations. In case an organization requires prior
         intimation related to a security risk, risk professionals can
         carry out security reviews against the organizations' risks.
         They can advice using insurance coverage for properties,
         medical, and other operational related matters. Further
         security planning and back plans can be suggested by the
         risk professional to cover the risk aversions.

         (d) Supply Chain Risk
         This risk is referred to as an assessment of customer and
         suppliers review related to product offer by organization in
         emerging markets. Such risk can be mitigated by maintaining
         close business relationships with wholesalers, distributors,
         suppliers, and final products' consumers. Risk professional  management can use experts such as auditing or accounting
         suggests that the organization shall ensure the availability  firms to gain expert advice. Further, the organization shall
         of alternative suppliers and multiple outsourcing options to  strengthen the internal compliance department to look after
         eliminate any delay in productions. Further, the organization  statutory issues in coordination with regulatory bodies.
         shall develop direct contact to get firsthand knowledge of
         customer requirements and the latest customers' tastes.  (b) Fraud, Bribery and Corruption risk
                                                              This risk arises due to the illegal exchange of an undeserved
         (e) Intellectual Property Risk                       return to pressure someone's behavior. It is also any illegal
         It refers to copying the work created by an organization  or inappropriate behavior that seeks to get a benefit
         such as product, brand, and design. Emerging economies,  through illegitimate sources. Risk management professionals
         such as China, face a significant issue of protecting  suggest implementing healthy internal controls through
         intellectual property rights where protection is nearly  documentation and monitoring of transactions for clear
         impossible. Risk Management professionals suggest    signing authorities. The organization shall implement policies
         protection of intellectual rights by trademark registration.  such as a code of conduct, training, internal
         Further, the organization may protect their agreements and  communications, and management policies to educate the
         contract containing the designs and model secrets by  staff members to avoid such practices. Anti-fraud
         covering the protection act with lawyers and risk    departments, along with internal audit, can perform
         management professionals' help.                      yardstick function by use of whistle blower policy.

         3) Role of Risk Management Professionals 4) Role of Risk Management Professionals
         in Regulatory risk management.                       in Financial Risk management.

         (a) Compliance / Integrity Risk                      (a) Currency /Treasury Risk
         An organization faces the compliance risk when there is a  It is linked with the administration of corporate holdings,
         failure to act by the guideline laid with applicable industrial  which covers money market instruments, equities, liquidity,
         laws, regulations, policies, and procedures desired by  and capital (Christoffersen, 2011). With the middle money
         regulatory bodies (Bürer and Wüstenhagen., 2008). Exposure  market management strategy's help, risk management
         to penalties, financial forfeit, and reputation loss to an  professionals respond to these risks through hedging
         organization is faced against the compliance risk. Risk  techniques. To support the hedging, natural hedging toll and
         professionals in emerging markets monitor the day-to-day  the negotiation of foreign deals in local currency can cover
         changes in legislation and check its compliance with  the treasury risk. Risk professionals appreciate, if the
         organizational, operational activities. Any gaps identified  organizations have separate middle money market risk
         during such exercise is reported, to rectify and become  department, which will remain responsible for control, risk
         compliant with regulations. For such purposes, risk  mitigation procedures, and limiting currency exposure.

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