Building an erm program at general motors address the questions below. 1. what are the pros and cons of having risk officers as part-time assignments within different functions and business units? 2. can you think of a company whose strategy failed due to it is not considering the actions of external players? 3. do you think that companies need to experience a crisis to take risk seriously?

Because of the violent nature of the sport, professional american football players are at risk of suffering concussions (or brain injuries) during the violent collisions that occur between players during the game. violent collisions involving hits to the head are particularly risky. suppose the commissioner of the national football league (nfl) institutes a rule requiring players to wear a new, lighter helmet that is designed to reduce head trauma during collisions between players on the field. while the new helmets the probability of a concussion resulting from each individual collision, at the same time the new helmets could also give football players an incentive to play more , which could potentially the amount of violent collisions and thus the number of concussions suffered by nfl players, all else equal.