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Byline: Bobby Pickering

Prize Draw winners from IWR Reader Survey announced

The five lucky prize draw winners from last year's annual reader survey have been announced. Sony CyberShot digital cameras were won by Ian McCulloch, Electronic Resources Librarian at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster, and Jay Pattni, Records Management Leader at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London. Three survey respondents won Apple iPods, and will now be able to enjoy more podcasts in their professional and personal lives. They were: Mandy Sullivan, Non Real Time Data Manager at Lehman Brothers, London; Vicky Wiseman, Librarian at the Nottinghamshire NHS Trust, Nottingham; and Kate Allen, Information Services Manager at the National Assembly of Wales, Caerphilly. IWR editor Bobby Pickering said: "Thanks to everyone who took part in our annual survey. The results have provided us with valuable information about the major issues on the minds of UK information professionals."

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EIU finds compliance failure is greatest threat to reputation

Corporate reputations are important, but difficult assets to protect, a survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found. The last five years has seen the threat to corporate reputations rise significantly, according to 84% of the executives interviewed. In a survey sponsored by new entrant to the reputation management market, IBM, the EIU interviewed CEOs, CFOs and chief risk officers. Companies struggle to categorise risk effectively because of confusion. The survey found compliance failures as the most likely cause of risk to a corporate reputation, followed by un-ethical practices. Delivering a poor service to customers was also a major threat. "Reputational threats represent the biggest risk to business, according to this survey. But because it is hard to categorise and measure, many companies lack a formal strategy," said Daniel Franklin, EIU editorial director.

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