Contact Information

Barbara VanCleave Smith, Ph.D, CPA
Director of Controls, Accountability and Risk Management
Controller's Office
131 University Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1100
Phone: 510-643-4171
Fax: 510-643-5050
email: bvsmith@berkeley.edu

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Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 112

Ethics Resources at UC Berkeley

Enterprise Risk Management

All organizations face uncertainty; the challenge for management is to determine how much uncertainty to accept. Uncertainty presents both risk and opportunity, with the potential to erode or enhance the organization's value. Enterprise Risk Management helps an organization get to where it wants to go and avoid pitfalls and surprises along the way.

Introduction to ERM

Steps to Managing Risks

Enterprise Risk Management Process
at UC Berkeley (based on COSO)

Graphic representation of risk management activities