Disruption Perspective

Risk Categories and Event Types

The Disruption Risks perspective focuses on identifying and managing events that can significantly interrupt an organization's operations, financial stability, and reputation. This perspective is vital for proactively addressing potential threats and ensuring business continuity in the face of various disruptive challenges.

Disruption Risks

Eventgroup

Eventtyp

Direct-level

Company-level

Consumer Unrest

Consumer boycott

High

High

Consumer campaign

Mid

Mid

CSR Incident

Animal mistreatment

Low

Low

Chemical Leakage

High

High

Child Exploitation

High

High

Child Labor

High

High

Deforestation

Low

Low

Discrimination

Mid

Mid

Emission violation

High

High

Environmental Issue

High

High

Human Rights Violation

High

High

Land conflict

Low

Low

Mineral conflict

Mid

Mid

Modern Slavery

High

High

Pollution

High

High

Sexual Wrongdoing

High

High

Toxication

High

High

Unethical labor

Mid

Mid

Waste Disposal Problem

Mid

Mid

Cyber risk

Cyber attack

Critical

Critical

Data leak

High

High

Data privacy issue

High

High

Financial Stress

Credit rating downgrade

High

High

Insolvency

Critical

Critical

Investment reduction

High

High

Mass layoff

Critical

Critical

Profit Decline

Mid

Mid

Profit Warning

Mid

Mid

Restructuring

High

High

Short time work

Critical

Critical

Site closure (permanent)

Mid

Mid

Stock Price Decrease

Mid

Mid

Wage Theft

High

High

Governance incident

Accounting fraud

Mid

Mid

Collusion

Mid

Mid

Corporate investigation

Mid

Mid

Corporate Wrongdoing

Critical

Critical

Corruption

Mid

Mid

Criminal Organization

Mid

Mid

Fraud

Mid

Mid

Illegal employment

Mid

Mid

Insider trading

Mid

Mid

Management Change

High

High

Mismanagement

High

High

Policy Change

Mid

Mid

Tax evasion

Mid

Mid

Theft

Mid

Mid

Humanitarian Crisis

Critical infection rate update

Low

Low

Quarantine

Mid

Mid

Industrial Accident


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accident

Critical

Critical

Blackout

Critical

Critical

Building collapse

Critical

Critical

Explosion

Critical

Critical

Failure & safety

Critical

Critical

Fatality

Critical

Critical

Fire

Critical

Critical

Injury

Critical

Critical

Property Damage

Mid

Mid

Labor Unrest

Labor dispute

Mid

Mid

Labor Rights Violation

High

High

Labor strike

Critical

Critical

Protest/Demonstration

High

High

Worker suicide

Mid

Mid

Legal Stress

Accounting fraud

Mid

Mid

Acquittal

Mid

Mid

Collusion

Mid

Mid

Corporate investigation

Mid

Mid

Corporate Liability

Mid

Mid

Corruption

Mid

Mid

Criminal Organization

Mid

Mid

Customs Issue

Mid

Mid

Force Majeure

High

High

Fraud

Mid

Mid

Illegal employment

Mid

Mid

Insider trading

Mid

Mid

IP Infringement

Mid

Mid

Lawsuit

High

High

Legal Procedure

Mid

Mid

Regulatory shutdown

Critical

Critical

Sanctions

Mid

Mid

Sentencing

Mid

Mid

Tax evasion

Mid

Mid

Theft

Mid

Mid

Natural Disasters

Blizzard

Critical

Critical

Drought

Critical

Critical

Earthquake

Critical

Critical

Flood

Critical

Critical

Landslide

Critical

Critical

Tropical storm

Mid

Mid

Volcanic eruption

Critical

Critical

Operational Stress

Blockage

Critical

Critical

Capacity reduction

High

High

Congestion

Critical

Critical

Infrastructure issue

High

Mid

Interruption

Critical

Critical

Maintenance

Mid

Mid

Major Delay

Critical

Critical

Shortage

Critical

Critical

Site closure

Critical

Critical

Site closure (permanent)

Mid

Mid

Supplier Issue

High

High

Political Unrest

Border issue

Mid

Mid

Emergency measures

Mid

Mid

Military Action

Mid

-

Military Conflict

Mid

-

Military Occupation

Mid

-

Political Instability

High

-

Product Incident

Counterfeit product

High

High

Product recall

Critical

Critical

Smuggling

Mid

Mid