ABOUT US
MISSION
We provide insights and inform strategic planning to ensure enterprise resiliency; embrace opportunities and find solutions to manage key exposures; and serve as the control tower that supports a holistic, risk-aware culture rooted in compliance, ethics, safety, and accountability.
VISION
We will become a national model and develop a new industry standard for enterprise risk management through our unique approach and innovative thought leadership.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES SOLIDIFY THE CULTURE AND SET EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY:
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Our risk philosophy will guide strategic and operational decisions at all levels.
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Enterprise Risk Management is critical to the future of the University and is a shared responsibility.
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Our approach is systematic, structured, and rooted in data yet dynamic and responsive to change.
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Ownership of risk should be maintained by the institutional unit that is best positioned to manage it.
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We support a proactive and honest discussion of the institution’s climate, strategy, and actions taken in pursuit of its goals.
KEY VALUES
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Proactive & Nimble - We actively partner with the campus community to create flexible plans that enable excellence and ensure continuity.
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Integrity & Accountability - We work ethically, objectively, and consistently with regulatory policies and established best practices.
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Resourceful & Innovative - We lead by example and deploy creative approaches to problem-solve and embrace challenges.
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Service-Oriented & Collaborative - We operate with a unity of purpose and the mindset of serving our community’s needs; building teams, networks, and most importantly, trust while advancing risk awareness and education.
RISK PHILOSOPHY
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We view risk broadly as any event or opportunity that could affect the University’s ability to advance excellence and achieve our strategic goals.
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We recognize that risk, in one form or another, is inherent in all of our endeavors and that successful risk-taking will often be necessary to achieve our aspirations.
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We do not seek to eliminate all risk but instead aim to identify, assess, and respond to critical vulnerabilities while pursuing opportunities that will generate sustainable value for our future.
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We are the risk champions and thought leaders; merging physical and digital risk management, safety and security, and campus services to minimize hazards, influence uncertainties, and manage opportunities while safeguarding Stony Brook’s missions of education, research, and healthcare.