CRISC · Question #63
Which of the following is the BEST method of creating risk awareness in an organization?
The correct answer is B. Ensuring senior management commitment to risk training. Ensuring senior management commitment to risk training is the best method for creating widespread risk awareness, as it promotes a top-down culture of understanding and adherence.
Question
Which of the following is the BEST method of creating risk awareness in an organization?
Options
- AMarking the risk register available to project stakeholders
- BEnsuring senior management commitment to risk training
- CProviding regular communication to risk managers
- DAppointing the risk manager from the business units
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A3% (1)
- B91% (29)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
Ensuring senior management commitment to risk training is the best method for creating widespread risk awareness, as it promotes a top-down culture of understanding and adherence.
Making the risk register available is informative for those who choose to view it, but it does not actively 'create' awareness or ensure understanding for all stakeholders without additional engagement.
Senior management commitment to risk training demonstrates the importance of risk awareness from the top down, allocating necessary resources and mandating participation, which is crucial for embedding a risk-aware culture across the entire organization. This ensures consistent messaging and broad adoption of risk management principles by all employees.
Providing regular communication to risk managers keeps a specialized group informed, but it does not broadly create awareness across the entire organization's workforce.
Appointing a risk manager from business units can improve relevance and context but does not, by itself, ensure broader organizational risk awareness or provide the necessary training.
Concept tested: Organizational risk awareness cultivation
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